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are available now for computers running Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate RTM editions.
For download and installing instructions, visit: http://update.microsoft.com
Language packs: Arabic, Brazilian, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese – Simplified, Chinese –Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Latin, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian,
This past spring, American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, presented a special gift to the Russian Foreign Minister – a red button with the word “reset” on it. This was intended to symbolize the new, improved relations between USA and Russia. However, the Russian translation on the button was misspelled, and instead of “reset”, it read “overload”… the total opposite.
The other day, in Congo this time, Mrs. Clinton became very upset when asked by a Congolese student about a local issue: “What does Mr. Clinton think, through the mouth of Mrs. Clinton…”.
It seems that the student actually wanted to ask about President Obama’s opinion, not former President Bill Clinton’s. It’s not clear if the questioner misspoke or if this was a translation mistake, but it was very clear that the question annoyed Hillary Clinton and made her lose her cool: “Wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not the secretary of state. I am. So, you ask my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I’m not going to be channeling my husband.” Source: abcNews.com
There is no comparison between machine translation and human translation. Not even close. So, if you need translation services, the best solution will be to use a human translator and not a machine.
However, if you only need to translate some simple text for your own use, to get an idea of a message, to learn how to say common words in another language, machine translation can help. There are lots of free online translation tools you can use. I hope this list will help:
Apertium
Languages: Spanish, Welsh, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Breton, etc
Google Translate
Languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Babel Fish
Languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, and Spanish.
Bing Translator
Languages: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
SYSTRAN
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Going to China this summer? These already translated phrases might come in handy in different situations, like: you want to know a price for something, or you want to know if they accept credit cards or you need a taxi or even a doctor…. Travelers with allergies can cut up some of these sentences and keep them in the wallet.
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