Language Tools

Babble was not too bad, but try this one:

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Permalink Reply by Nergiz Kern on August 25, 2008 at 4:54pm

Hi Sabine

It really does work. I was able to communicate with an Uighur Turk from China selecting English-Chinese. His replies made sense so I believe it worked well :) The translations are not perfect, of course, but good enough in most cases. It is important to keep the sentences short and not to use idiomatic expressions.

This is a great tool when working with lower level groups. The teacher can avoid speaking (in voice) in L1 and use the translator instead without the need for a co-teacher. It can also help in mixed-language low-level groups to avoid a communication break-down.

Permalink Reply by James O'Reilly on April 3, 2009 at 9:57am

Here are some resources:
http://second-life-tool-ranking.ning.com/

Permalink Reply by James O'Reilly on August 28, 2009 at 1:46am

How can this emerging tool be implemented within Second Life in a collaborative manner? Language learning?
Many language teachers are translators, and vice-versa...

An introduction to Google Translator Toolkit, a free, online, translation app that helps translators bring content into their language faster and better.
http://translate.google.com/toolkit