FRANZÖSISCH-BABYLONISCHE SPRACHVERWIRRUNG ??!!

[qbv8]

Now that is interesting. I never thought about it this way. Hmmm ...

[Craban]

This is indeed interesting to read how people think about languages. Obviously there are mental connections I never heard of. :-)

But I just want to let you know that I'm the lazy one, spending only little time reading some message boards. That makes me skip all messages I cannot read easily. I tried translators but the result was more frustrating than useful so I dropped that habit again.
There is nothing wrong with posting in several languages. I just want to mention that not all are using translators though you could get the impression reading some posts here.

[Arnulf]

Concerning translation tools, I found out that translating French to English with Google translator is the most suitable tool. Translating French to German fails by a defect in the transfer of the sentence-construction. But single words, which are not to get from the French-English translation you can take from the French-German translation. Generally you should have some basic language feeling to make successful use of the translation programs available in the net.

[sharkfan]

Having failed two years of German in high school (I'm 1/2 German, 1/4 Swedish, 1/8 French and some other stuff), I just expect any translation page to give me the general idea of what is being said (I just make up the rest).

[clnkrazy]

i agree with shark. German is great for rock and roll. Listen to the band Rammstein. They are German and their industrial rock kicks ass.

[Mimailia]

Craban wrote : That makes me skip all messages I cannot read easily. I tried translators but the result was more frustrating than useful so I dropped that habit again.

Well said! I am the same way.

M

[Jackadict]

I agree with shark and clnkrazy. Listen to Tokyo hotel.
OK ! Sorry ! I shut up !

[ludwig]

Das schöne am Internett ist doch, dass für jeden was dabei ist, in fast jeder Sprache. Wer Beiträge verfasst muss sich im Klaren sein, wen sie ansprechen sollen - und in englisch verstehen es die meisten. Es liegt also in der Verantwortung des Autors die richtige Sprache zu wählen und Babelfish kann auch meistens helfen.

LG
Ludwig

[scm5371]

this thread is making me wish i could speak more than just english lol

[LRM]

scm5371 this thread is making me wish i could speak more than just english lol

Here are 4 translators, none are perfect but I get the gist of most texts.

http://www.freetranslation.com/
http://www.lexilogos.com/english/translation.htm
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=EN
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/?fr=avbbf-us

Google is the easiest, I suspect Lexilogos is most accurate.
L

[scm5371]

thanks for the translator links they will come in very useful

[sharkfan]

Excellent links, thank you LRM. I like google because it loads the fastest.

Ich mag Google, weil es lädt die schnellsten.
I like Google, car il charge le plus rapide.
私はGoogleのようなので、負荷の最速。
I like google jer opterećenja najbrľi.
Мне нравится Google, поскольку она загружается быстрее.

[qbv8]

Yeah, great fun! And try to paste the songtext of http://sharks-lagoon.aceboard.fr/p-2153 ... tm#id89313 through the translators ... [img]smile/!2214_EM2.gif[/img][img]smile/rhoo.gif[/img]