[Web4lib] online translation service

[Naess, Petter]

See the "Translate my page" option in the top right corner at
http://knowbodies.blogspot.com 

More on how to make the most of Google Translate here
<http://translate.google.com/translate_tools?hl=en>  and here
<http://www.pandia.com/sew/2140-google-adds-automatic-translation-to-som
e-search-results.html> . 

 

I recently drafted some notes for non-Norwegian speakers on how to use
Google to translate Norwegian language rss feeds into English....you
could modify the notes for your Spanish speakers if you like. Let me
know if you're interested and I'll pass them on.

Petter

 

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of
Tracey.Reed at myClearwater.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 6:40 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] online translation service

 

Hi all,

 

Well, apparently according to a native Spanish speaking staff member,

Google translate has done a lousy job of translating our web site

(surprise surprise!).  In an ideal world, I'd have a separate site that

is completely in Spanish that mirrors what we have on our home page and

other pages.  But, times being what they are, this isn't an option at

the moment.

 

Anyone have any ideas that would allow me to put a link on the site that

would do the same thing as Google translate (put a link on the site that

will translate most of the site into Spanish with one click) but with

better results?  I understand that these types of services are hit and

miss.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

-t

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Tracey Reed 

Virtual Services Librarian

Clearwater Public Library System 

tracey.reed at myclearwater.com 

727.562.4970 x5036 

www.myclearwater.com/cpl 

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