I too, would very much appriciate, if anyone have a simple solution to this
question. Yet, I want to share the couple of choices I have had to deal
with, in my translation activity lately.
First of all, last time I checked in, the Google translator is still
operative. That is, the service no longer can be called from any third-party
software - for free - but still can be operated from the webpage
environment. Try go to
http://translate.google.com
, and see if you can get it to work. It definitely is not as easy as the
TranslateLanguage app, but for a driven user it is somehow doable. Yet,
until GW releases an upgraded version of their browse mode, there is a few
things that is quite tricky on the site, like changing language, as WE does
not recognize the control for doing this, as a control at all.
I did have a look at a service called Babylon. I cannot stress strongly
enough, to what extend I recommend you stay away from that stuff. It is
overloaded with malware, the providers taking no liability for the
inconvenience, and is just about impossible to get rid of again; when you
have done your playing. So again, don't you touch Babylon's translation
services, no matter what they promise you; unless you are extremely eager to
have yourself and your system exposed to whatever trouble might come your
way.
Depending on what languages you want to translate between, there is
available different software, that you install locally on your computer.
Some of them are quite accessible with WE, others are not. Best thing is, I
guess, to find a software that sounds like what you want, and then ask if
anyone has experience with that particular piece of software. I personally
got one, called EasyTranslator, which I picked up from EBay, for only a very
few dollars. It does translate between English, German, and I do think it
was Italian. It proved to be quite accessible, although not fully as easy as
the TranslateLanguage app. Good thing about EBay is, that you usually don't
pay the shirt off, so even if the stuff proved not to meet your
expectations, it still won't rip your bank account. And, if you - or anyone
else - do find a good alternative, please let the community know.
At last, I want to mention that there is a few web-based services out there.
For one, I know Webster has a simplified translator. If you do a search on
the net, for something like:
online English German translator
, and exchange the languages here with your preferrences, you should get a
few hits. In general, I do find, that many of them are rather lacking, quite
limited in the vocabulary, and not all of them are worth bothering. Be sure
to turn on all your security system, as some of them could be risky. There
is just too many ways, to make a service 'free of charge', these days.
Smile.
Well, that was my experiences, so far. I am all eager ears, if anyone knows
of a good alternative. Or, if someone would happen to know a good
combination of maybe two or three solutions, that as a total would fill the
needs of a translator.
And - just for a postscript here - let me mention that locally, one of the
publishing houses for a printed version of their voccabulary between English
and our local language, actually do offer the full version of their
dictionary, as an online service, fully accessible with WE. Only drawback
thereof, is that they do charge an anual fee, of something like $80 USD. You
need to be rather frequently translating, if you want that kind of service.
But it is at least worth a try, to go to well-known printing houses, and see
if they have made their stuff available online.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Huber" <[email protected]>
To: "gw-scripting" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 7:44 PM
Subject: Language translation
Hi:
Now that the Google translation utility, which is used in Jamal
masrui's Language ranslation script and the Web Client script, is no
longer available, What is the recommended way to translate strings in
an xml file from english to another language.
Kevin Huber
