http://translate.google.com/#
Google Translate is a wonderful tool for teachers on the web. I have students who speak Spanish and only know a few words in English. I took five years of French in school and only know enough Spanish to make it through a Mexican vacation in a mostly English speaking area. Google Translate has come in very handy when trying to get a message home to a parent who does not speak English. I simply type the message to the parent, click the translate tool, and then copy and paste the message to a new document and print it to go home with the student. The speaker button pronounces the words for me if I have a face to face meeting with a parent. While I have only used the English to Spanish section of the program, I'm sure the other language converters work just as well. The page could also be a great tool to help teach simple words and phrases to students. Finally, if you own a web phone this site would be a great help on vacation. You could simply type a question, let the person you are trying to communicate with listen to the translation and then allow them to type a response. Amazing!
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Thanks for letting me know about this site! I mentioned it to my ESL students, but most of them were already aware of it. It will be a great resource. My husband uses it when he reads blogs from other countries and needs to translate to English.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures too! Pretty photo of you! :)