Hallo Joni I doubt they would be laughing but no doubt they would sometimes be confused. As somebody else has previously written the translation programs do not get the syntax correct and many words can be translated differently depending upon the context. For every word in the English language there is not an exactly equivalent word in German. But as you say probably better than your word for word writing using a dictionary. mit freundlichen Grüße, Deirdre > Lynnjoni@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > I have also been using the Google German translation program for quite a > > while. I wonder if anyone has used it that knows German and could tell > me if it > translates correctly. I often wonder if our cousins are laughing when > they > get the translations. I guess it can't be as bad as when I used to get > out > the dictionary and tried to write them a sentece or two. > Thank you. > Joni > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message