Week 7 - Internet tools

Google has become almost everyone's main search engine tool. I believe it is not mainly because its a search engine tool but probably because Google has many other tools to it such as Google Earth and etc.

There's this Google Language tool whereby you can translate English words to any other language of your choice. Google provides a translation link and language tools to enable you to read pages written in unfamiliar languages. With the spread of globalization, more and more web pages are available in other languages besides English. As such, this Google Language Tool is certainly a great internet tool for internet consumers today.

Google translates pages by computer. Machine translation is difficult to do well and tends not to be as clear as human translation. But it can give you the gist of what’s written or suggestions for translating something into another language.

Your results may include a “Translate this page” link when a results page is written in a language different from your interface language (as specified by your Google Preferences, which we describe soon). Your interface language is the language in which Google displays messages and labels, buttons, and tips on Google’s home page and results page. You can translate pages written in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish into another language from that set.

And it is very easy to use. All you need to do is click on the “Language Tools” link to the right of the search box on Google’s home page,or visit www.google.com/language_tools, or select the Language Tools menu option in the Google Toolbar to: -Search for pages written in specific languages
-Search for pages located in specific countries
-Use the Google interface in another language (that is, set Google’s home page, messages and labels, and buttons to display in a specific language)
-Visit Google’s site in a specific country.
-For example, visit www.google.de in Germany
-Translate any text or web page from a limited set of languages including English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish into another language in that set.

I've provided a link below to Google's Language Tools. Take a look. It is simple and easy to use.

http://www.google.com/language_tools

have fun translating!