Non-Arabic speakers who sometimes need to read arabic websites now have an easy option. Google has added English-to-Arabic and Arabic-to-English translation to its set of online translation tools enabling one to translate either a block of text or an entire website - in either direction.
I’ve no idea how accurate it is but this is how this site looks in arabic using the system.
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Google’s Arabic to English translation tool is the best thing out there, and its free. I find it works pretty well on longer formal works such as news stories or government websites but it can get unreadable with short colloquial phrases.
February 27th, 2007 at 23:52 PST
hi Ben,
i’ve had a look at it, and it’s a mixed bag. google translates word by word…and it can be incomprehensible at times. some whole sentences make sense…while others do not. i’d say it achieves 50% readability. it’s better than nothing, and as david said, it’s free.
February 28th, 2007 at 16:03 PST
That’s what I figured. It’s the same as most translation tools - you can’t rely on them but to give the basic idea of an article they’re pretty convenient….
February 28th, 2007 at 16:33 PST
