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Depends on the language really. And most online translators are pretty useless, they just translate the individual words and so the meaning of something is very often lost.

Personally I use Google translator or Babelfish.
 
I'm very fond of Babelfish. Speaking of which, I just received the 2-DVD set of the original Hitchhiker's Guide series from the BBC today. Woo Hoo! Grab yer towels, it's popcorn tonite, folks!

Oh, yeah. Hundredth post, too. Spending WAY too much time here...
 
If you want to translate properly sentence structure is very important. The English language is unique to any other.

for example in English we might say "the tub full of water" but in every other known language the subjects of the sentence are reversed and in translation "the water of the tub" makes more sense in most any other language
 
If you want to translate properly sentence structure is very important. The English language is unique to any other.

for example in English we might say "the tub full of water" but in every other known language the subjects of the sentence are reversed and in translation "the water of the tub" makes more sense in most any other language

Nevermind :)
 
Some of my friends post things on Facebook or Twitter using a mix of English and their native language (Spanglish or Taglish) and I find the translators don't work too well. When someone invents a translator that can hash through that I'll be truly impressed.
 
Some of my friends post things on Facebook or Twitter using a mix of English and their native language (Spanglish or Taglish) and I find the translators don't work too well. When someone invents a translator that can hash through that I'll be truly impressed.

There is a translator that translates greek texts that were written in latin alphabet ( AKA Greeklish) into proper text in greek alphabet. Maybe you could find one for you Spanglish too.
 
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