The Second Living Group is distributing the
FREE GOOGLE® TRANSLATOR , using the 'Google Translate® translation service.'
Author: Fred Frederix
The Free Google Translator is a device that enables avatars in Second Life to communicate (in text) across multiple languages. Here are the languages it handles :
Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish. Ukrainian
Click on the image at right to see the flags ant text better.
The translator can work with 16 people, in different languages, in simultaneous conversation. You can also use it to translate notecards from a foreign language to yours. It detects the language used by people nearby and translates your text in Chat into their languages.
The translator is being installed at the Hobo Island Visitor Plaza and near the Hobo Railroad Info Hub in Calleta. The SecondLife Hobos are working with the Second Living group on this and other projects to help people get the most out of Second Life. Second Living provides several Info Centers and other resources to help newcomers and others.
Trademarks: "Google Translate®" translation service is a registered trademark of Google™
Hobo Block Party --
This Friday, Saturday, Sunday at the Vagabond Theater
Friday -- Feb 27
- 11:15 am - 12:00pm SLT -- Jwheels Carver --Comedy Videos
- 12 pm SLT - 8pm SLT -- music -- Hayduke Schnook, Peet Peterman, jaynine Scarborough, Miki Underwood, Noma Falta, PhoebeAnn Theas, EvaMoon Ember, Spence Wilder
Saturday, Feb 28
- 3pm-7pm SLT -- music -- IGGY "KINGS" RAYNA, Frogg Marlowe & Jaycatt Nico (Videos with the Hobos -- Other Videos ), Cosmic Haystack (Banjo Academy )
- 7pm-8pm SLT-- Lauren Weyland Videos, Lauren's Blog
Sunday March 1
- 3pm-9pm -- music -- Branco Merlin, Von John, Freestar Tammas, Winston Ackland
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Comments
Wow, nice. Did you compare it
Mon, 03/02/2009 - 21:17 — Vint FalkenWow, nice. Did you compare it to Babbler, which one is more "easy to handle" or "confuses people less" or whatever? :)
Did I compare with Babbler?
Mon, 03/02/2009 - 23:12 — Thinkerer MelvilleNot exactly, because I never used the Babbler -- have a copy, but did not look convenient to me. I have friends who did use Babbler and they said this was much better. I did try this and noted:
>> with the hud on, it immediately alerted me to foreign language speakers nearby -- without any chat from them. It told me their languages. (Listed all the languages.)
>> It automatically translated what I typed into the languages nearby -- I understand it was sending the proper language to the proper person. I did not have to think about the languyages at all -- the Hud kept track. This looks convenient enough for me to use.
BTW, a giver is on the Hobo Island Welcome Plaza. Another at Cookie Visitor Center. Another at Hyles. So my recommendation for people using Babbler: Pick up a free copy and make the comparison yourself,
"t automatically translated
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 09:12 — Vint Falken"t automatically translated what I typed into the languages nearby -- I understand it was sending the proper language to the proper person. I did not have to think about the languyages at all -- the Hud kept track"
That's indeed pretty convenient! The babbler caused a lot of "chat spam", sending everything to main chat. If this little gadget handles the translations in IM, then main chat stays "overzichtelijk". ;)
Thanks for sharing
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 16:44 — joshua (not verified)Keep up the good
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