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Links to Online Translation Resources

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I decided to start a page with links to online translators so people that work with InterNationalization might have some resources to work with (I like to collect links to online translators because IAAN). Feel free to add / link / fix broken links in this page, but please observe the current scheme. --mo

(please see [http:#disc discussion] down the page)

Online Translators listed by Languages

  • Arabic (العرب)
    • Systran
      • English to Arabic
      • Arabic to English

  • Chinese (Traditional) (繁體中文版)
    • Systran
      • English to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Chinese (Traditional) to English
    • Dictionary.com
      • English to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Chinese (Traditional) to English
    • World Lingo
      • English to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Chinese (Traditional) to English
      • Chinese (Traditional) to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Chinese (Traditional) to Dutch
      • Chinese (Traditional) to French
      • Chinese (Traditional) to German
      • Chinese (Traditional) to Greek
      • Chinese (Traditional) to Italian
      • Chinese (Traditional) to Japanese
      • Chinese (Traditional) to Korean
      • Chinese (Traditional) to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Chinese (Traditional) to Russian
      • Chinese (Traditional) to Spanish

  • Chinese (Simplified) (简体中文版)
    • Systran
      • English to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Chinese (Simplified) to English
    • Dictionary.com
      • English to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Chinese (Simplified) to English
    • World Lingo
      • English to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Chinese (Simplified) to English
      • Chinese (Simplified) to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Chinese (Simplified) to Dutch
      • Chinese (Simplified) to French
      • Chinese (Simplified) to German
      • Chinese (Simplified) to Greek
      • Chinese (Simplified) to Italian
      • Chinese (Simplified) to Japanese
      • Chinese (Simplified) to Korean
      • Chinese (Simplified) to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Chinese (Simplified) to Russian
      • Chinese (Simplified) to Spanish

  • Croatian (Hrvatski)

    • Systran
      • English to Dutch
      • Dutch to English
      • Dutch to French
    • World Lingo
      • English to Dutch
      • Dutch to English
      • Dutch to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Dutch to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Dutch to French
      • Dutch to German
      • Dutch to Greek
      • Dutch to Italian
      • Dutch to Japanese
      • Dutch to Korean
      • Dutch to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Dutch to Russian
      • Dutch to Spanish

  • French (Français)
    • Altavista BabelFish
      • English to French
      • French to English
      • French to German
      • French to Greek
      • French to Italian
      • French to Portuguese
      • French to Dutch
      • French to Spanish
    • Systran
      • English to French
      • French to English
      • French to German
      • French to Italian
      • French to Portuguese
      • French to Dutch
      • French to Spanish
    • IM Translator this one has the option to transliterate as well
      • English to French
      • French to English
      • French to Russian
    • Free online Dictionary
      • English to French lookup dictionary
      • French to English lookup dictionary
      • French to German lookup dictionary
      • French to Italian lookup dictionary
    • World Lingo
      • English to French
      • French to English
      • French to Chinese (Traditional)
      • French to Chinese (Simplified)
      • French to Dutch
      • French to German
      • French to Greek
      • French to Italian
      • French to Japanese
      • French to Korean
      • French to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • French to Russian
      • French to Spanish
    • Reverso
      • English to French
      • French to English
      • French to German
      • French to Spanish
    • Prompt another that alows for transliteration
      • English to French
      • French to English

  • German (Deutsch)
    • Systran
      • English to German
      • German to English
      • German to French
    • IM Translator this one has the option to transliterate as well
      • English to German
      • German to English
      • German to Russian
    • Free online Dictionary
      • English to German lookup dictionary
      • German to English lookup dictionary
      • German to French lookup dictionary
    • World Lingo
      • English to German
      • German to English
      • German to Chinese (Traditional)
      • German to Chinese (Simplified)
      • German to Dutch
      • German to French
      • German to Greek
      • German to Italian
      • German to Japanese
      • German to Korean
      • German to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • German to Russian
      • German to Spanish
    • Reverso
      • English to German
      • German to English
      • German to French
    • Prompt another that alows for transliteration
      • English to German
      • German to English
      • German to Russian

    • World Lingo
      • English to Greek
      • Greek to English
      • Greek to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Greek to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Greek to Dutch
      • Greek to French
      • Greek to German
      • Greek to Italian
      • Greek to Japanese
      • Greek to Korean
      • Greek to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Greek to Russian
      • Greek to Spanish

    • Systran
      • English to Italian
      • Italian to English
      • Italian to French
    • IM Translator this one has the option to transliterate as well
      • Italian to Russian
    • Free online Dictionary
      • English to Italian lookup dictionary
      • Italian to English lookup dictionary
      • Italian to French lookup dictionary
    • World Lingo
      • English to Italian
      • Italian to English
      • Italian to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Italian to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Italian to Dutch
      • Italian to French
      • Italian to Greek
      • Italian to German
      • Italian to Japanese
      • Italian to Korean
      • Italian to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Italian to Russian
      • Italian to Spanish
    • Prompt another that alows for transliteration
      • Italian to Russian

    • Systran
      • English to Japanese
      • Japanese to English
    • Japanese Phrase Book
      • English to Japanese to English glossary
      • * Use this to lookup a term such as 'hello my name is' this thing works both ways.
    • @nifty
      • Japanese to English
      • English to Japanese
      • * This is japanese in origin, hence the order. It only translates japanese but I have added it because of the way that it translate sites, it does this rather smartly, ask it to translate itself and you'll get an explanation to what everything does, including the drop down menus.
    • World Lingo
      • English to Japanese
      • Japanese to English
      • Japanese to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Japanese to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Japanese to Dutch
      • Japanese to French
      • Japanese to German
      • Japanese to Greek
      • Japanese to Italian
      • Japanese to Korean
      • Japanese to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Japanese to Russian
      • Japanese to Spanish
    • MV.com
      • Japanese <=> English Dictionary

    • Systran
      • English to Korean
      • Korean to English
    • World Lingo
      • English to Korean
      • Korean to English
      • Korean to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Korean to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Korean to Dutch
      • Korean to French
      • Korean to German
      • Korean to Greek
      • Korean to Italian
      • Korean to Japanese
      • Korean to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Korean to Russian
      • Korean to Spanish

  • Latin
    • InterTran (this has many more pairs, but I can't add them right now because my computer is haywire.)
      • English to Latin
      • Latin to English

  • Portuguese (Português)
    • Systran
      • English to Portuguese
      • Portuguese to English
      • Portuguese to French
    • Prompt another that alows for transliteration
      • English to Portuguese
      • *
    • World Lingo
      • English to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to English
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to Dutch
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to French
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to German
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to Greek
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to Italian
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to Japanese
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to Korean
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to Russian
      • Portuguese (Brazilian) to Spanish

    • Systran
      • English to Russian
      • Russian to English
    • IM Translator this one has the option to transliterate as well
      • English to Russian
      • Russian to English
      • Russian to French
      • Russian to German
      • Russian to Spanish
      • Russian Encoding to Transliterated Roman
    • World Lingo
      • English to Russian
      • Russian to English
      • Russian to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Russian to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Russian to Dutch
      • Russian to French
      • Russian to German
      • Russian to Greek
      • Russian to Italian
      • Russian to Japanese
      • Russian to Korean
      • Russian to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Russian to Spanish
    • Prompt another that alows for transliteration
      • English to Russian
      • Russian to English
      • Russian to French
      • Russian to German
      • Russian to Spanish

  • Serbian (Cрпски)

    • Systran
      • English to Spanish
      • Spanish to English
      • Spanish to French
    • IM Translator this one has the option to transliterate as well
      • English to Spanish
      • Spanish to English
      • Spanish to Russian
    • World Lingo
      • English to Spanish
      • Spanish to English
      • Spanish to Chinese (Traditional)
      • Spanish to Chinese (Simplified)
      • Spanish to Dutch
      • Spanish to French
      • Spanish to German
      • Spanish to Greek
      • Spanish to Italian
      • Spanish to Japanese
      • Spanish to Korean
      • Spanish to Portuguese (Brazilian)
      • Spanish to Russian
    • Reverso
      • English to Spanish
      • Spanish to English
      • Spanish to French
    • Prompt another that alows for transliteration
      • English to Spanish
      • Spanish to English

  • Swedish (Svenska)
    • Systran
      • English to Swedish
      • Swedish to English

    • UrduWord.com
      • English to Urdu
      • Urdu Naskh to English
      • Urdu Roman to English

  • Thai (ไทย)
    • Parsit login required, use: mbzthai password: mbzthai
      • English to Thai There is still no really good Thai translator that I know of, please feel free to add this here if you know of any!

Other Resources

The author of this WikiPage is mo, who is Norwegian by nationality, and reads and writes Norwegian and English, and understands Norwegian, Swedish and written Danish. If you come across a Norwegian, Swedish or Danish text the translators on this page cannot translate, or that you suspect uses bad grammar (this is more or less the norm, though ;), or if you need to get a specific word or (preferably) term in English into Norwegian, mo can translate for you, just drop him an email common courtesy is happy n_n

  • If you are willing to provide translation help to others, please add your information here anyone else bewised in other languages can add their names to this list as well.

== Discussion ==

  • The third-level bullet items get kind of long, wouldn't it be better to have something like the following instead? @alex * World Lingo ** translation from: English ** translation to: English, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish ** dictionary from: Japanese ** transliteration to: Roman, Cyrillic Hmm.. personally I find that to be rather messy and to unorganized for me to read properly, I see your point though. I did entertain the idea about sorting it the other way around, e.g: Dutch (Nederlands) * English to Dutch ** Altavista BabelFish ** Systran ** FreeTranslation.com ** World Lingo * Dutch to English ** Altavista BabelFish ** Systran ** FreeTranslation.com ** World Lingo * Dutch to French ** Altavista BabelFish ** Systran * Dutch to Russian ** World Lingo but that'll get overly repetitive with the links, instead of with the phrases * ** language_1 to language_2 *** language_1 to language_3 etc. which (IMHO) is less of an eyesore. I didn't like how it finally turned out anyway. the list is still a bit 'overperfectionistic' by listing all the languages each translator translates to and fro, most translators do have a set of 'commons' for example; English, French, German and Spanish. what I know I want, is to have all the available languages that any given language can be translated into in a list under that, like I did, but there may be a way of making the list less straining on the eye; perhaps Dutch (Nederlands) * World Lingo ** English to Dutch * also translates Dutch into ** English ** French ** Russian ** Italian ** Greek or some system of Dutch <=> English Dutch => Spanish Dutch => French Dutch <=> (simplified) Chinese

would be better?..

  • also, I can't help it, I want to know, what did you mean by
    • "dictionary from: Japanese" and "transliteration to: Roman, Cyrillic" ? ~mo The idea was that there are three types of translators: phrase translators à la Babelfish (translation to/from), word lookup dictionaries (dictionary to/from), and phrase transliteration (transliteration to/from). The last (transliteration) may be to a script rather than a language. @alex

Maybe this is a situation where the use of SubPages could help? Like listing all the engines that translate to and fro dutch on /DutchLanguage? --DonRedman

You know, I like that idea, what exactly are subpages and how do they work? ~mo

See http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SubPage. Ill just make an example with SandBox/ArabicLanguage SandBox/EnglishLanguage and SandBox/SystranTranlator* that should be self explanatory. Note that within the parent page or the children (only one level of SubPages are possible) you link to a SubPage /LikeThis. While you have to use the full name SandBox/LikeThis to refer from the outside. That is all ther is to it --DonRedman

  • Uh a typo again, but then it is only an example :-)

Authors: mo