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10 Things to Think About When You Run Your Own Seminar or Workshop - Martin Avis
Experts on all kinds of subjects, at some point in their careers, often try to run seminars or workshops. There are lots of reasons why they do it, but the main one is money. These can be very lucrative money- spinners if done correctly. An awful...
It's Not as Hard as it Sounds - Dave Balch
Are you on the road to success with your business? Are you sure??? One of the best tools to find out where you're going is a cash flow; have you done one yet? If not, you should. Keep reading; it's not that complicated! A cash flow may sound...
Are You In a Position to Start an Online Business? - Angela Wu
When I first started my online business, I did everything I could to save a little money -- I didn't want a domain name, not even for a mere $35/year (it was expensive back then!), and I certainly didn't want to pay recurring monthly fees for a web...
Insurance For The Self Employed And Those Seeking Health Insurance - Mike Yeager
First of all, congratulations on deciding to go out and make it on your own. The rewards and excitement of making it on your own can not be found anywhere else. Now, when looking for insurance for the self employed for a person like yourself, it's...
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How to use the Free Online Translator to your Benefit
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Written By:
Anita Karlson Henssler
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An online translator is an interactive program implemented on
a web page offering translations of a text into a different
language. The translation is generated by a computer and
instantly displayed. And best of all – using it doesn’t
cost you anything!
Behind the online translator there is a software program that
analyses the text according to predefined linguistic rules and
reconstructs the text in a different language according to the
corresponding rules of the target language.
As opposed to an online dictionary, which only translates single
words or phrases, an online translator can translate larger text
segments or even entire web pages.
Some of these online translators are better than others, but they
all have one thing in common. They don’t produce a perfect copy
of the submitted text in another language.
You can easily check this by typing in a short test text
translate it to a different language and then translate it back to
the original language again. You will see that some words have been
mistranslated and that the sentence structure no longer is correct!
Taking this into account, it is clear that an online translator
never can substitute a human translator. If you want to have your
web page or your sales letter or other business material translated
into a foreign language you should use a professional translator.
Keep in mind that a bad translated sales letter will not bring you
any sales and an incorrect translated web page will only provide you
with an unprofessional look.
So – when should you use the online translator?
You should use the online translator when you want to translate a
text written in a foreign language into your native language or a
language you understand!
Imagine you are doing some research on the Internet and come
across a web page written in a language you don’t understand. Now is
the time to look for an online translator! You simply copy and paste
the text, or type in the URL if the online translator translates web
pages, and choose what language you want to have the text translated
into. And there you have - continued below ...
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it!
As I said earlier, this type of translations will not be perfect, but
you will at least be able to understand what the text is about.
Here are some online translators to try out.
http://www.freetranslation.com/
http://world.altavista.com/
http:/ ranslation2.paralink.com/
http://www.reverso.net extonly/default.asp
http://worldlingo.com/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
An online translator is also fine to use when you want to translate
short and simple sentences into a foreign language. Lets say you for
instance want to impress a foreign business contact by adding a
personalized greeting in his language to your email. Then you can go
ahead and use the online translator.
Here is a list of how to write “Happy Birthday!!” in 10 other
languages.
Finnish: Hyvää syntymäpäivää!!
Norwegian: Gratulerer med dagen!!
German: Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!!
Polish: Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin!!
Croatian: Srijetan Rodjendan!!
Spanish: Feliz Cumpleaños!!
French: Joyeux Anniversaire!!
Italian: Buon Compleanno!!
Macedonian: Sreken Rodenden!!
Welsh: Pen Blwydd Hapus!!
To be sure you don’t make any mistakes it might be a good idea to also
check your translation with some online dictionaries.
Here are a few links to online dictionaries.
http://www.polartext.com/online_dic.htm
http://www.lexicate.com/dictionary/online-dictionary/language/language.html
http://www.lai.com/glossaries.html
Happy Translating!
About the Author
Anita Karlson Henssler is working as a freelance translator.
Visit her web page PolarText here
http://www.polartext.com/scandinavia.htm?id=arot for more information.
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When Do I Start Getting Money and Where Does It Come From? - Elena Fawkner
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