Translators and Linguists

How do I make an online translator, like Google Translate or Babelfish ? Would I need MySQL and PHP ?
tnofic – I didn’t say I wanted to USE one, I wanted to MAKE one. Stop spamming just to get the points.

You just need a means to read user input and then a database or txt file with the dictionaries to search for the words they wrote. You can do it with MySQL and PHP but there are other ways … javascript could probably do it

You wont’ find a tutorial here though, good luck!

I need to translate Malay to English. Is there such thing online?

try www.translationbooth.com

Could someone please find an online translator that is: accurate/professional, and free.

I’ve tried a few, and the best one that works for me and is accurate 90% of the time is Google Translator. This is the one I use and I find it pretty reliable. However, I am sure there are others out there.

I’m into latin, and after I type "I am sick" it came up "Ego Sum Infirmus" and when I translate that into english it came up "I to be not strong" and when I translate that into latin it came "EGO ut exsisto infirmus" which means "I when to emerge not strong"

and that was intertran, is there any good translator ONLINE! that have things like latin and whatnot and can translate it without using a bunch of nonsenses

There isn`t really a "good" online translator. You will almost always get bad quality translations from websites, especially when it comes to languages, like Latin, that have complex grammar.

I need a good English to Japanese online translator soon because i want to learn to speak Japanese fluently.

Unfortunately, online translators are incredibly flawed. After even just 1 year of studying Japanese, you can usually (with a dictionary handy) do a better job at translating than they can. For any even sensical translation, you’re going to have to either learn it yourself the hard way or ask someone who speaks the language. To check, just copy a few Japanese sentences into any translator and see how much sense they make. That’s roughly how coherent they’ll be translating into Japanese.

If you can’t take classes, I’d advise you check JapanesePod101 either via iTunes or on the internet for some basic lessons that’ll help you with some simple vocabulary and grammar and also look into buying some books. Still, nothing can replace actual instruction, but it can help and you’ll learn what you want to know if you’re willing to work hard. Good luck! By the way, links to two websites I mentioned are provided below, in sources.

Is there a good free online computer translator to translate from English to Tagalog, and from Tagalog to English? I have two very good college friends who speak English but their parents’ English is a little shaky, and I wanted to email the parents (whom I have had many interactions with) short notes in Tagalog so they could better understand. Thanks!

sad to say, i tried testing english-tagalog computer translators and they weren’t good enough. they don’t give sense at all. most translations are very misleading and will only result to more confusion. i think it would be best for your two filipino college friends or an online filipino buddy to translate it for you . or just write to them in english. most (if not all) filipinos were taught with english from kindergarten to college so it’s very hard to think that they can’t understand short notes written in english.

Is there some application out there which lets you create a translator if you know the grammar, vocabulary and structuring of a language? I’ve created a language and I think it’d be fun to have a translator, but I’m not anything of a programmer.

Yea, there is pretty much no translator application out there for free! I have a site with Heritage Web Solutions and they programmed a translator for my site. They might be able to help you out.

Good Luck

I need a reliable english to spanish translator. It is for a recipe.. Any suggestions?

NONE!
There is NONE that works properly.
Sorry to tell you.

I use Yahoo! Babelfish and Google and sometimes even Windows Live, but what’s your favorite translator on the Internet, and, in your opinion the most accurate ?

Google, i just type in how do you say……….in spanish and it is very accurate.

Any good examples of situations where someone such as a coworker had relied on an online translator and ended up sending something really stupid out to customers?

My Spanish teacher was in Mexico and was trying to say that somebody’s baby was cute but she ended up saying that the baby was a monkey. Luckily the people understood what she was trying to say.

Also, my friend was trying to say that she couldn’t heard what a coworker was saying but it translated into "I’m not listening to you."