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i am currently working with someone who has english as a third language, and although he can speak English well i felt it was important to find some information on hearing voices in his first language, my first port of call was my manager who i asked where i could get a translator, i was a bit perturbed when he told me to explore the options on the internet, well i was furious and just thought it was a money saving oppurtunity and how could i offer an equitable service to all if i could n't give information to people in their mother tongue!  anyhow i found this brilliant thing on Google. you just type in the address link or even upload documents and it translates into your desired language in a millisecond ( slight exageration there but you can tell it got me excited!) so i thought i would share this with anyone who may need this brilliant resource in the future,

Posted: 8 Feb 2010 8:07 AM by lizzer | with 2 comment(s) |
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Adra said:

How good is the translation? I've seen online services like this before and the translations are not always great.

# February 11, 2010 1:33 PM

lizzer said:

i think its okay adra, but as i cannot read what i have translated i am not 100%. i gave the young person the information i had translated today so i am sure she will tell me if it does not make sense, and i will let you know.

# February 11, 2010 7:08 PM