Learning Language Translation from the Web

Have you heard of Linguee or Duolingo? These are sites that allow you to learn languages while also helping to translate web pages. The concept is great and these sites are attracting tens of thousands of users. But the question lies as always; how is the accuracy of the language translation? A language translation professional part of proz.com argues that these sites and others cannot product the quality of language translation that a professional translation company can or a person trained to provide interpreter services. These tools and others like them are fascinating however as they confirm the high demand for interpretation and translation services. Although they focus on the language translation need in the Internet world, the need for accurate and reliable interpreting services is vast - reaching just about every industry out there.

Visit these sites. See how they work and maybe you will learn a foreign language in the process as they claim you are able to do. Just note that it does not take the place of a professional language interpreter, but I think you already knew that.

French Classes not for Everyone

Did you know that in British Columbia Canada French-speaking parents are guaranteed to send their children to French schools with language translation classes, however, those parents who speak only English or a language other than French or English do not have that same privilege. In fact, they have to participate in public-school lotteries or camp outside schools with hopes of winning spots so their kids can attend schools with language translation classes.

There are parent groups like the Canadian Parents for French that are trying hard to change this. It does show, however, that as much as we promote the ability of children to learn multiple languages relatively easy at a young age, we do not ensure that all children have the opportunity to do so.

As the World is becoming flat, no one can argue the benefit of knowing another language. It would behoove many college age students to consider working in the language interpreting services or translating services. The language interpretation and translation services industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. If you are interested to learn more about the language industry and work from home opportunities, check this link out. http://interpretersunlimited.com/franchise/.

Google Translation Service

So my kid is working on Spanish homework and prepping for an oral exam. The students were provided the questions but had to come up with the answers…in Spanish of course. This meant some perfect language translation otherwise you can count on a poor grade. My kid thought it smart to take aid of Google Translate. I can admit that it is a great quick translation service reference. But it was certainly proven that it is not the best language translation service. My kid read out to me the paragraph that Google Translate came up with upon entering in the ‘answer’ to one of the questions the teacher proposed.

Being at a somewhat intermediate level Spanish speaker, I was able to identify incorrect Spanish terms and grammar that the Google Translate spit out. Google Translate translated ‘big family’ to ‘famiilares’ and party to ‘partido’ not ‘fiesta.’ There were some other odd translations included, but overall it wasn’t too bad. It’s just not the best tool to use when the language translation needs to be accurate and reliable. Do not rely on online language translation services for translation or interpreting services you need that is critical. I actually contemplated not correcting the paragraph my kid read since I felt this was the easy way out to go to an online translation service instead of picking up the Spanish/English dictionary and Spanish text book sitting only feet away. But, I could not heart my kid speaking Spanish to the teacher using the crazy vocabulary that came up. Contact Interpreters Unlimited today for interpreting services or document translation service that are indeed reliable and accurate.