Translation Service Companies: Finding Free Help Online 

The internet doesn't just bridge the people living in a country, but global denizens of the world. Ironically enough the biggest barrier to us all getting together and just shooting the breeze are language barriers.

Hence, bilingual individuals serve as the conduit that allows people of various backgrounds, nationalities, and cultures collaborate and communicate.

With all the potential benefits, it would be wise to find these "conduits" so that they may reveal new worlds that were previously unbeknownst to us. Here are some ideas you can apply to find free help online:

1. Free Online Translation Software: there are many reputable online services that provide specific translation from language to another. The easiest thing to do is go to a search engine and type in something like "English to Chinese Translation". Based on this model, you are almost assured of finding a free service to handle your most basic needs.

2. Online Forums and Newsgroups: Forums and online communities offer like-minded individuals a podium from which to communicate as well as to be heard on issues that they are interested in. Sames with those with language related interests including translation. Forums are a good source to find leads to worthy translation companies

3. You can always visit classified sites to find individuals who offer translation services. Perhaps there you will find bartering arrangements, or you can trade language training with each other if there's a match.
Author Fred Zacharias Foreign language translation associated products and services are found at the author's website.http://www.translationserviceguide.com

Online Tools Make Translation (Chinese/English) Easier, by Isaac Chu

We will introduce several online tools that our team frequent use. These all may help to do translations, especially in Chinese (traditional and simplified) and English.

1. Google http://www.google.com.hk

Yes. The first one to introduce is Google. Google is not only a search engine; it is also a simple but good enough translation tool. In the search box, type "fy apple" and press Search. You can obtain å_‰Ê (apple in Chinese). Similarly, type fy žò, you can get Orange in return

2. Yahoo! Dictionary http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/

Yahoo! The dictionary is also a good Chinese and English dictionary. Besides the basic explanation, it has the synonymy character, and also provide sound file to read out the word.

3. Kingsoft Free Online Dictionary http://push.cb.kingsoft.com/index.htm

Perhaps you get know about KingSoft, it is a famous dictionary software. Actually it also provides online version. Its explanation is very details, and it attaches the explanation from different dictionary. It also has the many short phrases model. It is a good reference, but you should notice that it only provide simplified Chinese interface.

4. www.answers.com http://www.answers.com

This is not only a dictionary. It is an encyclopedia actually. For example you input lemon, it provides the explanation of lemon. It also provides other information about lemon, the picture and different language translation. Also you can try inputs Hong Kong. It will provide detail information about Hong Kong, like the population, geographical information, and the map, even the currency exchange. It has everything expected to find, and it is absolutely a good reference tool.

5. Google Language Tools http://www.google.com/language_tools

Google again. It has the different language search and the translation. One item is quite special, "Translate a web page". It transforms the entire homepage. For example, the simplified Chinese translate to English.

6. On-line Chinese translation tools http://www.kanhan.com/tdc/tools3.html

This is a Traditional/Simplified Chinese transformation tool. More than that, it can translate the Cantonese glossary into the standard spoken Chinese glossary. For example "“IŽm" will transform to "Œv’öŽÔ". It's really helpful. Also the followings are about the standard spoken Chinese on-line tool.
http://www.kanhan.com/tdc/tools1.html
http://www.kanhan.com/tdc/tools2.html

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