I also used the Google translation tool through the Google homepage for
texts other than in French, English or Spanish till I found a new browser
(http://www.orcabrowser.com/) that not only includes the Google translation
tool but also works far faster than IE and even faster than Firefox. For
other languages http://www.translation.langenberg.com/ is helpul.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Eichhorst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] new journal
>
> As I correspond with various friends across the globe, research old
> volumes,
> and dig through various web sites, I often find it necessary to translate
> German, Dutch, French, Spanish, etc. into English. I wish I was
> comfortable
> with the various languages found on the Internet and around the globe, but
> alas I am not. I used to use Altavista to translate for me (and still do
> for som applications), but I now have a great program that makes
> translation
> much quicker and easier. This program resides on my desktop and will
> translate almost any windows product. This means I can run a translation
> of
> email, web sites, or Word documents. I just highlight the text to be
> translated, hit two buttons on my keyboard, and presto, I have a
> translation
> (using the Goggle translator I believe). The product is a free download
> and
> is called Dicter. It can be found at: http://dicter.net/ As you read
> this,
> the machine sitting in front of you or on your lap or even in one hand,
> can
> be frustrating as all get out, but at the same time it has opened
> unimaginable doors. I used to have my daughter translate French for me, I
> stumbled through Spanish on my own, and a good friend helped with German.
> Now I can do this and much more with a couple of key strokes.
>
> au revoir, adios, vaarwel, Auf Wiedersehen, arrivederci, αντίο, さようなら, 안녕,
> adeus, до свидания, 再见, goodbye...
>
> Tom Eichhorst in hot (but dry) New Mexico
>
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> From: "Franck Frydman" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 8:31 AM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] new journal
>
>> French scientists DO publish in English.
>>
>> http://www.cernuelle.com/ is not a scientific journal but a personal
>> website
>> devoted to Malacology and maybe that its creator does not care at all
>> about
>> being read by English-speaking people.
>>
>> Even if I can read and speak fluently English, what I enjoy very much, my
>> mother tongue is French, I love it and I do not wish to see English nor
>> any
>> other language become the world Lingua Franca.
>> Otherwise if French is not the most spoken language it is the one of
>> Diplomacy and, most important, the language of Culture.
>>
>> When will more foreigners be able to read French?
>> Franck Frydman
>> (Paris, France)
>
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