Google Translate

It looks like the theme for the week is all about Google. Not to disappoint my blog is about yet another tool this powerful resource has to offer. Not all websites are in English, but just because they're not in English doesn't mean that we can't read and enjoy the content. Google has an excellent tool to translate any web page into English or Spanish or Czech or any of the major languages spoken throughout the world. While there may be minor errors in exact translation by all accounts this is a useful tool for those attempting to expand their horizons and see what others have to say even if it's not in their own language. This site allows you to translate text or an entire web page. I translated our blog from English to Spanish and although I'm not completely bi-lingual from what I could understand the translation was about 95% accurate.

Not only will it translate pages that you supply, you can search for pages in other languages by a specific topic. Basically Google translates your query into another language and returns all matches, similar to if you had just went to Google.com and entered a search term. Not only does it find pages that match in another language it translates it back to English. No more language barriers. How cool is that?? If your interested in a specific language translation hover your mouse over the translated text and the translation pops up in a window. Who knows, you may even be able to teach yourself a second language with this tool. One limitation I did find is that it couldn't translate embedded images, but hey use your imagination!

There's also a gadget you can add to your own toolbar to instantly translate any page. What will they think of next??

Here's an elearning Blog that was originally in Spanish but I used Google Translate to get it in English Spanish Blog

If you run into a page that's not in your primary language, have no fear Google Translate is here (I know it's kind of cheesy but it fit ;~) Check it out here http://translate.google.com/