Five free tools to help you translate foreign languages
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Five free tools to help you translate foreign languages
Over the years, I have been fortunate to see so much of thernworld. I regularly travel to various foreign countries both for business andrnfor pleasure. Although I always try to learn a few key phrases in the localrnlanguage of whatever place I am visiting, I am really fluent in only a couplernof languages. This is usually enough to get by on, but sometimes it can berntough to decipher the meaning of signs when you don’t speak the language.rnFortunately, there are a number of language translation apps that can help inrnthese types of situations.
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iTranslate
iTranslate lets you perform verbal translations. Simply choose the language beingrnspoken and the language that you want to translate to. The app supports a widernvariety of languages.
Translate Me
It’s important to note that this app differs significantlyrnfrom one platform to the next because it uses the native translation engine.rnFor instance, this image shows the Windows Phone version, which uses the Bingrntranslation engine. However, the Android version uses the Google translationrnengine.
Ask Ziggy
Ask Ziggy isn’trna dedicated translation app, but it does do a good job of translating phrases. Itrnprovides a Siri/Cortana-like interface that allows you to verbally interactrnwith your smartphone.
Online-translator.com
You can use the Online-Translator.com app directly throughrnthe Online-Translator.com Web site, but free apps are also available for iOS,rnAndroid, and Windows Phone.
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