A helpful feature of Mango Languages is the Translation Tool. To use this tool, select the Translate tab after logging in to Mango Languages. Select a Source and Target language from the 38 languages available and copy the text you want translated into the Source language box. Click the Translate button and the "gist" of the conversation will be translated into the Target language box using Google translation engine. Mango indicates that this feature "is not a substitute for human translations."
I like the translate feature because it allows the language learner to understand conversations that may be beyond their current abilities or in a language not being studied.
The translate feature is just a Google Translate plug-in that is freely available on the web. I think it's hilarious when vendors offer freely available products as part of their subscription content, seems a bit ironic.
ReplyDeleteYes, I use Google Translate regularly in my acquisitions work and find it helpful. Others have pointed out, and I agree after further thought, that inside Mango Languages might not be the place where the tool would receive the most use. But, Mango is very smart to make use of free products.
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On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:08 PM, jonas wrote:
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The translate feature is just a Google Translate plug-in that is freely available on the web. I think it's hilarious when vendors offer freely available products as part of their subscription content, seems a bit ironic.
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