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Re: Chinese <--> English Translation Programs?

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From: Tom Harrington
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:35
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In article <bhkBd.34979$wD4.18441@fe1.texas.rr.com>,
 Gary Morrison <mr88cet@texas.net> wrote:

> Do any of you have any positive or negative experience(s) with 
> Chinese/English translation programs for the Macintosh?  I'm asking 
> about something that can translate entire sentences.
> 
> I ask because I've been chatting with a charming Chinese lady who seems 
> to find me interesting ;-) through some sort of translation program that 
> translates entire Email messages both directions.  It seems to do an 
> amazingly good job in fact.  We're toying with the idea of her coming 
> out here (US) to visit me, so it may be helpful to have such a 
> whole-sentence translation program available at a moment's notice.
> 
> So, any suggestions?  Thanks for the ideas!

On Mac OS X, Sherlock has a translation channel that claims to do this 
translation.  Whether it's accurate is not something I could evaluate.

-- 
Tom "Tom" Harrington
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