How to translate Word document from German to English?
Is there an add-on for OpenOffice 3.0 that will allow me to select text and translate it into a different language, or will I have to use an online translator and go piece by piece?
Don’t put your trust into ANY machine translators. They kind of work between French and English for very simple texts, because the 2 languages have a similar syntax. They do not work at all for languages like German or Russian with their plethora of morphemes and their complicated syntax.
Sometimes I put a text in for a laugh. It’s often very funny to put something in and then have the result translated back into the original language. Unless somebody went to the trouble to translate an idiomatic expression – and very often no-one did – all you will get is gibberish.
Written by rob on February 6th, 2010 with
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#1. February 6th, 2010, at 6:59 AM.
Don’t put your trust into ANY machine translators. They kind of work between French and English for very simple texts, because the 2 languages have a similar syntax. They do not work at all for languages like German or Russian with their plethora of morphemes and their complicated syntax.
Sometimes I put a text in for a laugh. It’s often very funny to put something in and then have the result translated back into the original language. Unless somebody went to the trouble to translate an idiomatic expression – and very often no-one did – all you will get is gibberish.
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I am a professional translator and quite pleased about this state of affairs.