which tranlation do you use and why?
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For a few reasons:::\n\n1)People are too lazy to learn Hebrew\n\n2)People are scared that if they learned Hebrew, they would discover that the Bible does not say what they were taught.\n\n3)People make money off of translations, so they translate the Bible and then tell everyone their's is the best, and those people who are '1)too lazy to learn Hebrew' rush to buy their version to continue their studies.\n\nI use the original Hebrew, when i am not feeling lazy. \nWhen i look at the English translations, i use the RSV, Oxford annotated.
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If you are serious about a translation business, you need access to the best dictionaries, whether on-line or hard copies, almost regardless of the price. It's a basic investment (and tax-deductible, I should think). It's the bread and butter of your trade. Don't scrimp! Hard copies have advantages sometimes as well - you can make your own notes in them, and they give your eyes a break from the screen!\n\nApart from that, though, I'm sorry I can't make any specific recommendations.\n\nGood luck!
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Both Google and Babelfish will work, well, sort of... Generally they come up with nonsense.  If it is from another language to your native language, you can usually work out what it means, but if you try to pass off an online translator as your actual work in school, it is REALLY obvious to your teacher because it sounds so silly.  Just advice.
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I've never heard of an Engish to Engish translator.  Can you possibly rewrite your question and give more details about what you want it to do?
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Automatic translations are a real catastrophe...\n\nJe t'aimerais toujours.
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Try the free translation service:\nhttp://www.\nfreetranslation.com\n/free/
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www.freetranslation.com
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google has a pretty good translator including webpage translation\nhttp://translate.google.com/translate_t
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The question asks you to explain how you would go about translating the text you have been given, and your reasons for this e.g. would you just translate it literally, word for word? No, of course you wouldn't, because this would produce the sort of nonsensical result that you get when you try to translate something with Google!  You would instead first read the text, and once you have thoroughly understood its meaning, you would rewrite the text in English.  If the original text has been written in a particular style of language, then you might aim to convey this in your translation e.g. you might decide to translate "nous allons a Mc Do" as "we are going to Micky D's" rather than "we are going to McDonalds", as this will better convey the informal tone of the original.  You will be making these sort of decisions when you transalate your text, and the question just asks you to outline them.  Hope this helps get you started!
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babelfish.altavista.com\nBut be warned, it's a literal translation, so it will not be perfectly accurate.
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http://www.freetranslation.com
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altavista.com/translate\nis pretty good but the truth is an online translator won't replace an actual person \nyou can pay to get an actual personm to translate it
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Would you consider sending them to the USA instead? Because if you want them translated into English, you may have some language/cultural barriers that may make translation more difficult.\n\nHere is a website to consider www.guru.com. That is a bidding system, kind of like E-bay where you put a job out for bidding and applicants will bid on the job. You select a person and www.guru.com will be the go-between and you make the payments through their system as well.
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Right now machine translation still focuses on written text. To use existing machine translation technology you would have to first transcribe your telephone conversations into text, and then run them through Systran or Babelfish. You could try these same tools for your written chats and blogs.
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freetranslation.com does a pretty good job. ;-)\n\nHere's the link:\nhttp://www.freetranslation.com/
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freetranslation.com It will give you all the answers you need.
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The problem with most automatic translation services is that words can mean different things depending on the context.  For instance, you can say, "I dig that song" and the translator would say "I shovel that song" or something to that effect.  Even seemingly straightforward translations are difficult.\n\nUsing a word-by-word translation is also not a good way of doing it, as different methods of grammar and usage can make the translated piece look like gibberish.\n\nThere are a few engines that are not free that are approaching human level intelligent translation, but there are just too many ambiguities to consider without having a human who understands not just the words, but the grammar, vocabulary, and context.  For that, only human translation is the best way to send communications so they are understood.\n\nNearly all translation services are performed by humans in business and important correspondence.