Hi, Des anyone know of a software program that could be used to translate English into Slovakian and vice versa? Doris

No such software that I could find. I've talked to several companies that make similar software for other languages and their response was; "The use of the language is not wide enough to make the project cost effective." Read that last part as "not enough profit." Most of the translation software on the market is little more than a word-for-word substitution which you can do with a dictionary. Even then the text needs to be simple declarative sentences. The real problem is the grammar and the way that most people write. If the English grammar is not correct the other language translation cannot expect to be correct either. I have used a rather high priced ($500 per copy) translation software for English to German and even that is not good enough for a native German language speaker. They found substantial shortcomings in the product. I could even see the German errors after two years of College German and 6 years living in Germany. Going the other way from German to English left much to be desired for the native English language speaker. I think that suitable language translation software is still several years away. The only true solution is to learn the other language the best that you can. Sorry, there is no easy answer. Frank R. Plichta "Searching the World for PLICHTAs" "Ja hl'adanie na celom svete za PLICHTA." "Das die Welt fuer PLICHTA suchen." "Je cherche le monde pour la famille PLICHTA." "Buscando el mundo por los PLICHTA." "Quaerere summa reum familia PLICHTA." I would appreciate receiving ANY information, about ANY Plichta, from ANY place, at ANY time in history. -----Original Message----- From: Doris W. [mailto:midwig@ptd.net] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 13:03 To: SLOVAKIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Software Hi, Des anyone know of a software program that could be used to translate English into Slovakian and vice versa? Doris ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237