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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Lingo24.com Launches Contextrans Automatic Translation Tool
Lingo24.com Launches Contextrans Automatic Translation Tool
http://www.lingo24.com/contextrans.html
[June 2006] Contextrans helps translators of all levels to understand different contexts in which words are used, and how this can impact on their translation into foreign languages. The first version is now available, and works in both directions between Arabic and English. When a translator types in a word or phrase in one language, Contextrans displays the closest matches in its database to that word or phrase. She can then select those phrases and see how they are used in the target language. The fact Contextrans displays several results gives the translator a good chance of finding their word or phrase used in a similar context to that of their own source language text. [more]