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Derrell
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How do I go about translating web sites from Japanese into English? [Dont Know] [Confused]
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If you can find it on Google, it has an automatic translation doodad.
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Learn Japanese.
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Kama
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hire a translator.
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Derrell
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WheatPuppet- Thanks for reminding me of that. The only problem is that not all of the page got translated.

Porter- I plan to learn the language, but that takes time.

Kama- are you going to pay the translator? [Razz] I'm too broke to pay one.
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http://babelfish.altavista.com/
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Verily the Younger
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Learning the language is the only reliable way. Automatic translators can give you a vague idea of the content at best.
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If you learn the language, you aren't translating it anymore [Wink] .
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Kama
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quote:
If you learn the language, you aren't translating it anymore
Don't tell my boss that [Angst]
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You wouldn't be translating it for you, (This is depending on how well you actually learned the language.) you still can translate things for others, but this is mostly refered to as interpreting.
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Kama
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No, interpreting is oral. Translation is written.

<-- has M.A in translation [Razz]
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yet you can still interpret something that is written for someone else.
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Only if they pay me double.
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There's no good way to translate without having a person do it for you. So unless this is of such dire importance that you need someone to do that for you, I suggest just letting it go or saving it until you know enough to read it.
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