--- Forwarded Message from Bennett Blaustein <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:13:13 -0400 >From: Bennett Blaustein <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Free Multilingual Translating Chat System >To: [log in to unmask] I would like to extend a invitation to my translating chat rooms. I have been working on the development of a multi-directional, multilingual chat system for the past 3 years. The system is now operational and I have a different base language assigned to each room. You can chat FROM English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian TO English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian. The current system only works with Win95, Win98 or Win NT systems that are running Internet Explorer 4.0 or above for a web browser. To access the chat rooms come to: http://rivendel.com/~ric/resources/chatwus.html I hope to offer java access for Netscape users and people who are utilizing other operating systems by the middle of May. The translation quality is usually in the 80 to 85% range. I look forward to having people visit my site and making use of these language resources. I would be interested to hear how this type of chat system can assist with the teaching of languages. I have been concentrating on bridging language barriers with machine translation when no other method of communication was available. Best Regards, Bennett (Bigben) Blaustein Site Coordinator Rivendell Language Resources Online Dictionaries and Translators http://rivendel.com/~ric/resources/dictionary.html