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What are your favorite online translators?

There are a lot of translators online. What are your favorites? 

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ggicollegepunjab says: Jan 31, 2013. 9:53 PM
I'm using google translator because it's too easy too use & it's translate every language to understandable language....Best translator ever...
garyjamesfinch says: Jan 15, 2013. 7:54 AM
Saying Google translate is the best translator is like saying Pizza Hut does the best pizza! I hate to say this but Google translate is not a 'translator' in any conventional sense, it's really a sophisticated multi-language dictionary, wordref.com is the best for 'real' translations. In my not so humble opinion.
mikolynn says: Mar 2, 2012. 4:39 AM
babel fish was the best time ago, now is google translate.
But online translators, don't translate it very well, they give a rough translation.
For words and set phrases I use http://www.wordreference.com and it have a good helping forum
maria227 in reply to mikolynnMar 6, 2012. 11:26 PM
http://www.wordreference.com is only for words. For simple sentences, google translate or babelfish is good.
garyjamesfinch in reply to maria227Jan 15, 2013. 7:46 AM
Not strictly true, at wordreference.com you can translate phrases, I just did it with 'Once upon a time' (Il était une fois, había una vez, c'era una volta, etc.) and there are forums where you can research or pose questions answered by other users, so it's much better than google translate if you are interested in a 'serious' translation.
eronita says: Jul 31, 2012. 2:42 AM
google translate rules .. if you need to understand for what is talked about but for more sucks.
sopranosp says: Jul 17, 2012. 9:22 AM
Like Bing Translator
alexward says: May 21, 2012. 2:04 AM
google translate if you need to understand what is about. But not to translate ans send to somebody or to make a post. At least what I try (translation in language I speak and I found that is almost word by word) but for few others was almost fine.
Abigaill says: Mar 26, 2012. 7:48 PM
I use google translator,too.
lisa alvarado says: Mar 8, 2012. 8:56 PM
My favorite online translator is Google translator. It translates text as well as web pages. Google translator is fast and nice.
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louis.m says: Feb 25, 2012. 8:41 PM
OK, google might be the biggest, but to translate from Dutch to German or vice versa . . . To put it mildly, das stinkt ! To me thats only good to check for spelling, still it's a work in progress, so nevertheless, I do like google translate, because it also makes Latin translations possible, which is quite handy for understanding the history of science.

As a tip:
If you are not sure that the translated text is what you meant, open a second tab and use that to translate back to the original language by cut and past, by doing this back and forth a few times, while making small changes, you can get very close to a result that doesn't change much any more.
katysmith says: Feb 18, 2012. 12:32 AM
Google.....
iproberry1 says: Jan 29, 2012. 3:32 PM
google translator and
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Fazer Facebook says: Jan 21, 2012. 11:33 AM
Man, google translate is the best!  but you can use nicetranslator.com is very good too.

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oridacfl says: Oct 19, 2011. 4:43 AM
google translate is the best.
acidbass says: May 9, 2011. 8:14 PM
google translate
Jedrokivich says: May 9, 2011. 8:10 AM
www.babelfish.yahoo.com is worth it purley for translations such as "also the battle incandesed and it was large prosperity"
patriots8888 says: Feb 28, 2011. 1:31 PM
i dont really like google because it changes alot but it can be funny. try this

type in "will justin bieber ever reach puberty?"

translate to Vietnamese

copy and paste into the box thing and translate back to english

is it true?
2hot2hack in reply to patriots8888Apr 28, 2011. 5:41 AM
its funny because its says neve lol
Goodhart in reply to patriots8888Mar 5, 2011. 7:45 PM
If Google says it, it must be true >:-)
patriots8888 in reply to GoodhartMar 6, 2011. 6:08 AM
yeah :)
Hitman227 says: Apr 26, 2011. 2:38 PM
http://translit.cc/ тхис ис гоод фор Руссиан (good for russian).
No, google translate is very good, is not problems
azah1 says: Mar 17, 2011. 10:34 AM
I use http://www.mobile-translator.net both on my laptop and my phone. I've always got reliable translations.
nagarajugajula100 says: Mar 11, 2011. 7:52 AM
google is the best for the translation purpose , i like it a lot.
Brennn10 says: Sep 24, 2010. 10:45 AM
For German, Beolingus is a very helpful resource.
BrittLiv in reply to Brennn10Mar 4, 2011. 1:02 AM
or leo.org
rocketsurgery says: Jan 13, 2011. 10:30 AM
I would vote for google translate... I used to use babelfish but with Chrome as my browser it's really so easy... I know this isn't online translation but have a look at this really neat iPhone application using augmented reality to translate on the fly
idss says: Jan 10, 2011. 10:34 AM
I vote for google translate. nice options and yap, many problems
KentsOkay says: Nov 26, 2010. 7:58 PM
I generally rock Babelfish when it's one bit of text, Chrome automatically asks to translate webpages to Texan for me :D
your dog says: Nov 21, 2010. 5:18 PM
This is a great one for Chinese!
http://www.nciku.com/
Goodhart says: Sep 29, 2010. 6:41 AM
I am still looking for a decent Latin translator, even though it is mainly a dead language.
sahat says: Sep 24, 2010. 10:24 AM
http://translate.google.com/

fast and support lots of languages
farzadbayan in reply to sahatSep 25, 2010. 9:46 AM
Yes , google translate is fast and nice , also with many problems !
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