Anybody speak Italian?

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:15 am

Hey gang, I've been looking for a way to translate some Italian text into English, any suggestions? I've been on Google looking, but every translator seems to be expensive.

My dad has a model he wants to build and when he opened it the instructions are partially in Italian. I'd hate to have him pay for a translator that he's only going to use once for such a small amount of text. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:23 am

pina · Post by **pina** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:13 am

Lon wrote: Ciao

Is that Hello Ciao or Goodbye Ciao Lon.....

I would love to help you BR but unfortunately I know less Italian than I do Spanish. Do you not have any friends or neighbours that speak the language or maybe you could go to the Library and borrow a dictionary in both languages, its fine for translating words but not sentences. Sorry I cant help.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:14 am

www.systransoft.com/index.html

Have you tried this site...

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:34 am

BabyRider wrote: Hey gang, I've been looking for a way to translate some Italian text into English, any suggestions? I've been on Google looking, but every translator seems to be expensive.

My dad has a model he wants to build and when he opened it the instructions are partially in Italian. I'd hate to have him pay for a translator that he's only going to use once for such a small amount of text. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!
Go to babelfish, punch it in for free, it is pretty accurate.

babelfish.altavista.com/

pina · Post by **pina** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:02 pm

When you look at Googles main page, next to the search bar on the right handside it says "language tools" click there and you will get a free translation service!

Hope this helps.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:04 pm

Thanks to all for your suggestions. I'm going to send my dad the link to this thread right now. You guys are the best! :-4

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:50 pm

I can swear in Italian!

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:05 pm

I was going to advise using babel fish at

babelfish.altavista.com/

but I see Chonsigirl has already beaten me to it!

You can translate blocks of language and choose which language you want to translate from and to! Its good fun as you can learn to swear in foreign languages too! hehe :wah:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:30 pm

Medi come il nomad siete un tipo dolce? Ridere