From bobrankin@mhv.net Wed Jun 19 15:09:28 1996
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 01:25:49 -0400
From: Bob Rankin
Reply-To: TOURBUS-REQUEST@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
To: Multiple recipients of list TOURBUS
Subject: TOURBUS - 18 June 1996 - Surfez Vous Le Web?
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TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP : Translation Services
TODAY'S ADDRESSES : http://www.travlang.com/GermanEnglish/
http://mlab-power3.uiah.fi/EnglishFrench/ef.html
http://www.itc.omron.com/cgi-bin/j-e/jis/dict
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/kgolden/wordbot.html
http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/~felix/eurodictautom.html
"Chevaliers de la table ronde, goutons voir si le vin est bon..." Those
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It's tough enough just learning the lingo of cyberspace, but when you're
faced with a language barrier on top of that, cruising the information
superhighway feels more like being stuck in a traffic jam sometimes.
Let's take a tour of five useful tools on the World-Wide Web that can
help you to clear those hurdles.
EF Bridge
--> http://mlab-power3.uiah.fi/EnglishFrench/ef.html
An interactive learning and studying environment between English
and French: look up the terms and and improve your knowledge in
these languages. You can ask EF Bridge to translate words from
English to French or go from French to English.
And EF Bridge talks! Click on the mouth next to a translated word
and you'll hear the word pronounced, assuming you have 1) a working
sound card, 2) the right audio player, and 3) a correctly configured
web browser.
I failed on all three counts, but at least I was able to figure
out what a "bureau de renseignement" is, and why I need to go there!
LEO's German-English On-line Dictionary
--> http://www.travlang.com/GermanEnglish/
Just enter a word (can be German or English) and you'll get back a
list of translated words or phrases that match. For example, a
query on "ferien" returns:
* go on holiday -- Ferien machen
* holiday -- Ferien
* vacation -- die Ferien
Jeffrey's Japanese/English Dictionary Gateway
--> http://www.itc.omron.com/cgi-bin/j-e/jis/dict
This one translates back & forth between Japanese and English, but
you do need a web browser capable of displaying the Japanese
characters.
WORDBOT
--> http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/kgolden/wordbot.html
Wordbot is an experimental system for automating reference
lookup on the web. When you load a page through Wordbot, every
single word becomes a hypertext link, so you can click on
any word to look up its meaning in a dictionary.
The really cool thing is that it supports Italian, French, English,
German and Catalan lookups. So next time you follow a link and
find yourself staring at another language, feed it to WORDBOT!
EURODICAUTOM
--> http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/~felix/eurodictautom.html
EURODICAUTOM is mainly a database of official and technical
terms, not a generic dictionary. Languages supported are English,
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Dutch and Portuguese.
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It's a small world... hopefully this helps us to understand each other
a little better. See you next time! --Bob
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