Using Google Translate to translate entire webpages

Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net
Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:20:10 PDT
Using machine translation for text that includes specialized terminology 
can give misleading or even hilarious results. The best way to check a 
machine translation is to go from your Language A original to LB, then 
back from the result to LA.

Jane McGary

Portland, Oregon, USA




On 3/27/2017 9:32 PM, Lee Poulsen wrote:
> You don’t even have to copy the French text and paste into <http://translate.google.com/> (if you’re in the U.S., or anywhere in the world). Just select French for the lefthand window and English for the righthand window.
> Then just copy the URL link address that Louis gave and paste that directly into the left hand (French) window. The same address should appear in the right hand (English) window but as an actual link (underlined).
> Click on it and it will take you to a translated version of the entire webpage. (It can’t translate any French that is part of an image or a logo because it can’t tell there is text in it.)
>
> --Lee Poulsen
> Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a
> Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m
>
>
>> On Mar 27, 2017, at 7:17 PM, Louis Richard <louisrichard11@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Anita,
>>
>> You might use Google translate.
>>
>> https://translate.google.ca/
>>
>> You just have to copy the French text and paste it in the appropriate box.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Louis
>>
>> 2017-03-27 18:21 GMT-04:00 Anita Roselle <anitaroselle@gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Louis, penstemon and Jim,
>>>
>>> Interesting articlies, but where does one find something that translates
>>> them? Does it do it instantly or what, it looks like a really lovely public
>>> garden. I would like to be able to look at it translated.
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