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--- Forwarded Message from James Hogg <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:19:00 -0500 >Subject: Re: #6388Translation software >From: James Hogg <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ On Friday, November 9, 2001, at 08:04 AM, LLTI-Editor wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from Sandra Brookner > <[log in to unmask]> --- > >> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 09:31:21 -0500 >> From: Sandra Brookner <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Translation software >> To: [log in to unmask] >> User-Agent: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 5.01 (1630) > > Our local high school has asked if we know of any software that can > translate documents from English to Spanish. The school is now > mandated to > provide many of its documents for parents (handbooks, newsletters, etc) > in > Spanish as well as in English. He is hoping for an easy, inexpensive > way to > follow this directive. > > We have told him we doubt there is any reliable way to do this > electronically but I was asked to check with the list. > > Any thoughts? > I just read an article in yesterday's paper about translation software. Basically at this stage of its development it is a toy. I wouldn't want rely on it to do important things like translate documents. The results may be humorous at best. At worst--well parents receiving information from a school that is educating their children may not find humor in the results. Best to get a person who knows both languages to do it.