Thursday, August 31, 2006

Free Translation Services and Software (Web, Email, Documents)

IBM alphaWorks Machine Translation This demo of IBM alphaWorks' machine translation will translate text that you type from English to French, German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Korean and from French, German, Italian and Spanish to English. iTools Language Tools iTools has an online service that will translate text and/or web pages between English and either Spanish, French, German, Italian or Portuguese as well as from English to Norwegian. Chinese-English Dictionary This is an online Chinese-English dictionary. Lexin This is an online dictionary that translates between Swedish and various languages including English (in both directions), Bosnian, Croatian, Finnish, Greek, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. Google Language Tools Google's language translation tools allows you to translates text and web pages to/from English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Promt's Online Translator This free translator allows you to translate text (which you type into a window), or a web page (by supplying a URL), or your email. The translator is free "for personal, non-commercial purpose only". Languages supported: English, Russian, German, French, and Spanish. Alta Vista Translation Alta Vista's free translation service allows you to either provide a URL, which it will obtain and deliver to you in the language you select, or copy text into a box, which it will proceed to translate for you. It will translate from English to French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; as well as translate from Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Russian to English. Free Translation Like Alta Vista this free service can translate either a web page or text that you type (or copy) into their box. It will translate from English to French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Spanish; as well as translate from Spanish, French, and German to English.