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Schools, universities and other educational institutions usually have access to translation [and interpreting] services, through government organisations, contractors or qualified staff. Internet users also have access to services such as Google, Yahoo, Babylon and Wordlingo plus other free translation services.
Be aware most free translator sites normally use machine rather than human translation.
The following provide a range of translation services, most free, covering multiple languages. There are several more light-hearted translation services, even one for translating into Aussie or Australian. To do this, you can also use G’doogle or Yoohoo! not only to search but also to get your results in Aussie Slang.
Warning !
Most Free translation sites and methods use machine rather than human translation. While adequate for words and phrases, be aware longer translations may not always be grammatically and syntactically accurate.
They should provide, however, an acceptable indication of what was intended.
Human translation, which is almost always Fee-based, is much more accurate than machine translation.
Language Translators
In particular, online translators.
- Amikai
Translates web sites, text, emails, chat. Free demonstration translator for text and emails, but you register for web page translation. - Applied Language Solutions
Professional translation services covering more than 140 languages. Fee-based. In addition there are Free services including the following.
- Free Translation Services
Free text, email, web page translation [machine translation]. - Translation Articles
Archive of articles on different aspects of translation. - Web Site Translation
Add a translation bar [machine translation] to your site.
- Babelfish
Site translation to a number of languages. Text blocks up to 150 words at a time. - Babylon
Dictionaries used with a downloadable tool. Effective for single words. Free trials of some other methods. - Bing Translator
Translate either a text selection or whole web pages. Large selection of languages from Arabic to Vietnamese. - Dictionaries.com
Dictionaries including Other Languages and English → ? dictionaries. - Dictionarist
‘Welcome to Online Talking Dictionary. Dictionarist provides translations in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Greek, Albanian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean dictionaries’. - Dictionary.com Translator
Translate to or from English to ten other languages. Select preferred ptions. - Foreignword
Dictionaries, download software, translate one language to another, more.
Excellent ! - Free Online Language Translation
‘Translate text between a variety of languages online at the touch of a button !’ To or from English. Individual words in 19 languages. - Free Online Translation [Omniglot]
‘Most sites listed provide Free Online Translation of text and/or webpages with a number of different languages’. - Free Online Translator
‘Translate any text from/to any language faster than you type’. Languages from Afrikaans to Yiddish. - FreeTranslation.com
English to European languages, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. ‘SDL FreeTranslation.com is a Free translation website allowing you to translate web pages and text into different languages’. Quick and with an auto detect for the original language. Also has other Free tools. - iMTranslator
Both ways between English and a range of languages, and between other combinations. - Intertran
Primarily with single words. Do translations of web pages by entering URLs. - Language to Language [LangtoLang]
‘Langtolang is a multilingual dictionary translating from/to’ English to Walloon. ‘You can currently translate 26 434 049 words in 2 162 bilingual dictionaries on langtolang’. - Language Translation
English, French, German, Danish, Spanish, Finnish, Czech, Italian & Portuguese. Via Langenberg. Options to translate from a word to a web page. - Language Identifier
Find the language of an entered sentence, word or phrase.
- Lingo24
‘Enter your word or phrase, choose the language combination for the service you wish to use, and hit the Translate button’. -
Lingvistica
Use their development of translation tools. A range of languages e.g. Ukrainian, Farsi, Arabic. Suitable only for businesses and institutions beacuse of the cost. - Links to Online Translation
Significant listing of general sites and very specific translation and bilingual programs. Also links to some English dialect translators. - Multilingo
While Fee-based, it does provide quality translation. - Newstran
‘The Original Multilingual Metanews Translator™’. Translations of newspapers from around the world. - NiceTranslator
Easy to use, online translator with many language options. Type in your language. It displays the chosen language. - Promt’s Online Translators
Russian site that translates between supported languages, mostly European, but also Russian. Check terms and conditions. - Promt-Online
Follow the simple, three-step process to get translations from English and also between several other languages. - Reverso
Free online translations for text and web pages. European languages. Allows use of special characters e.g. ê. - Systransoft
Translations into several European languages. Translate web sites. Free up to 16kb, then Fee-based. Appears to be accurate. - Tarjim
Arabic translator of words, phrases, sentences, web pages. Valuable site. - Translate.Net
‘Translate words and phrases to and from numerous languages in simple way. This Free, open-source software works as a client to most popular translating services available online [translators, monolingual and bilingual dictionaries]. Using results of translations from many different sources allows much more reliability of translation’. - TrueTerm Dictionary
Translate a number of European languages into English. - Valodas Online Dictionary
Translate between several languages, primarily European and English. Use beginning letters, whole word, full text, to access translations. - World Lingo
Machine Translation for Free web page or text translations. Quotes for Human Translation. - Your Dictionary
English Dictionaries and links to dictionaries in other languages.
Translators for Other Uses
Some for dialects, others just for fun.
- Aussie Translator
‘Our main focus was to have fun ! We wanted to find a way to gather information from the various search engines and then be able to manipulate it in some way’. Who could resist ? Translate websites, or choose from the menu to convert text. - The Dialectizer
Translate English into Pig Latin, Cockney, Jive or even redneck, for fun. - Pig Latin Translator
Translate any statement into igpay atinlay. -
whoohoo.co.uk - The British Dialect Translator
‘You can now send emails in different local dialects ! Having written your email, you can choose a translator which will magically convert your message into the accent of your dreams ! It’s completely Free and requires No sign-up or registration’.