language translator (chinese - english) needed
language translator (chinese - english) needed
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I am currently in need of a PC based language translator. I have a large number of Word documents that are in Chinese that need to be translated to English. The free web based translators (like Google translate) are not an option due to the large volume of documents, pain with the cut and paste approach and security concerns.
I have found one program from Babylon Translation Software that will translate a Word document via drag and drop or from within Word. Hoping someone here on Eng-Tips has some real world experience they can share.
Any help would be appreciated.
I have found one program from Babylon Translation Software that will translate a Word document via drag and drop or from within Word. Hoping someone here on Eng-Tips has some real world experience they can share.
Any help would be appreciated.






RE: language translator (chinese - english) needed
Pay a competent human translator.
RE: language translator (chinese - english) needed
RE: language translator (chinese - english) needed
Bruce Youngman
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RE: language translator (chinese - english) needed
I would guess that any intern will do only marginally better than machine translation; anyone sufficiently conversant in both Chinese and English is not necessarily competent at translation, and anyone who is not steeped in the idiom will have the same difficulty that a machine translator will have.
Oh, did I mention Cantonese? The official language is Mandarin, and there are also idiomatic differences between those two and any other major dialect, like Shanghainese.
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RE: language translator (chinese - english) needed
Best to use a pro. I learned enough Mandarin to get by, but I haven't practiced in five years. It's a tough language to learn.
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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