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Blank Verse
November 8th, 2001, 03:09
Is there any good translator sites anyone knows of that translates English to Chinese and Chinese to English?

LastActionHero
November 8th, 2001, 04:42
babel.altavista.com

Blank Verse
November 8th, 2001, 04:47
thanks, it's perfect.

trenzterra
November 8th, 2001, 10:13
Originally posted by Blank Verse
thanks, it's perfect. you didn't know about babelfish until now?:eek:

sagethefreak
November 8th, 2001, 11:01
/me loves babelfish.

(just a lil bit too much IRC time... hehe)

Blank Verse
November 9th, 2001, 02:29
you didn't know about babelfish until now?
I've never had to translate anything until now.:D

Cyber
November 9th, 2001, 07:01
thats scary, very scary!

LeX
November 9th, 2001, 07:37
Note that it only translates simplified Chinese. It can't do ---- with traditional Chinese.

Cyber
November 9th, 2001, 15:20
someone should make a chinese-english translator for simplified & traditional

Blank Verse
November 9th, 2001, 17:40
I only need simplified Chinese anyway. It's just for a fun little gag on my site. I write stories in English, translate them into Chinese, then back to English.

MN-Carl
November 9th, 2001, 18:32
Originally posted by Blank Verse
I only need simplified Chinese anyway. It's just for a fun little gag on my site. I write stories in English, translate them into Chinese, then back to English.

und der Punkt von dem ist?

Dusty
November 9th, 2001, 18:34
und der Punkt von dem ist?My guess is that it makes it sound funny.

Coolin
November 9th, 2001, 18:56
Originally posted by Blank Verse
I only need simplified Chinese anyway. It's just for a fun little gag on my site. I write stories in English, translate them into Chinese, then back to English. Why Chinese and not other languages?

Blank Verse
November 10th, 2001, 03:27
Cause Chinese is one of the few languages were just a tiny syllable can change the entire complexion of a word, and therefore, the complexion of an entire sentence or document

trenzterra
November 10th, 2001, 22:40
Originally posted by LeX
Note that it only translates simplified Chinese. It can't do ---- with traditional Chinese. I'll help you translate it - only if my traditional chinese text display support works, but note that my traditional chinese is sh*t

trenzterra
November 10th, 2001, 22:41
Originally posted by Blank Verse
Cause Chinese is one of the few languages were just a tiny syllable can change the entire complexion of a word, and therefore, the complexion of an entire sentence or document note that the chinese people in your site may be confused with the translation :D

Coolin
November 10th, 2001, 23:42
Originally posted by trenzterra
note that the chinese people in your site may be confused with the translation :D If you read what he said, you'd find out that the visitors would be more than confused...

meow
November 10th, 2001, 23:48
Originally posted by Blank Verse
Cause Chinese is one of the few languages were just a tiny syllable can change the entire complexion of a word, and therefore, the complexion of an entire sentence or document
You don't say? http://www.users.qwest.net/~billehlert/florida.html

Can't you ask tenzterra the nibbled Chinese for help with the translation? :D

LeX
November 11th, 2001, 04:32
Originally posted by trenzterra
but note that my traditional chinese is sh*t Which is why you should learn traditional Chinese instead of simplified... if you master traditional then you already know like 80% of the simplified characters.

trenzterra
November 11th, 2001, 08:33
Originally posted by LeX
Which is why you should learn traditional Chinese instead of simplified... if you master traditional then you already know like 80% of the simplified characters. can't be bothered learning traditional, in school, we learn simplified anyway.

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Why don't YOU learn traditional then?

LeX
November 11th, 2001, 09:05
Originally posted by trenzterra
Why don't YOU learn traditional then? That's exactly what's taught in school, kiddo. :rolleyes:

Blank Verse
November 11th, 2001, 22:03
Pffft...It doesn't matter what kind of Chinese for me it is...I can't confuse the Chinese people at my site, cause Chinese people don't visit my site...actually, nobody does....

meow
November 11th, 2001, 22:45
I recognize your problem bro. Actually I would be glad if some confused or nibbled on Chinese would visit. :cry2:

trenzterra
November 12th, 2001, 01:54
Originally posted by LeX
That's exactly what's taught in school, kiddo. :rolleyes: where are you from?

trenzterra
November 12th, 2001, 01:57
Originally posted by Blank Verse
Pffft...It doesn't matter what kind of Chinese for me it is...I can't confuse the Chinese people at my site, cause Chinese people don't visit my site...actually, nobody does.... i'm easily not confused :D

DJsexie
November 12th, 2001, 22:41
Originally posted by trenzterra
where are you from?(<--refering to LeX)

I think he's from Taiwan...:chinese2:

Blank Verse
November 13th, 2001, 01:35
Trust me trenzterra, I confuse myself with these things...but that's cause I'm not that bright.

trenzterra
November 13th, 2001, 20:31
Originally posted by DJsexie


I think he's from Taiwan...:chinese2: he doesn't seems like his from there...