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AVAILABLE TRANSLATION DICTIONARIES

Driven by market forces and the ambitions of Linguists , translation dictionaries exist for nearly every combination of popular languages:

  • English Language

  • ---English-Spanish

  • ---English-French

  • ---English-German

  • ---English-Polish

  • ---English-Russian

  • ---English-Japanese

  • ---English-Chinese

  • ---etc.


  • Spanish Language

  • ---Español-Inglés or ''Spanish-English''

  • ---Español-Francés or ''Spanish-French''

  • ---Español-Alemán or ''Spanish-German''

  • ---Español-Ruso or ''Spanish-Russian''

  • ---etc.


  • Other Languages

  • ---''(A myraid of offerings and possibilities exist.)''



VARIETIES

Translation dictionaries range greatly in size, scope, and in form. Some are included as compilations in larger dictionaries. Many travelling translation dictionaries are of a hand-held or vest-pocket variety, designed as instant on-the-spot aids to travellers to foreign countries. Many vest-pocket sized electronic varieties also exist, and are often simply called translators. Many of these that even offer Audio Clip s of pronunciations.


MANUFACTURERS OF HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC TRANSLATORS



FICTIONAL TRANSLATION DICTIONARIES

In Douglas Adams ' Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy , a mythical creature called a Babel Fish was inserted into a traveller's ear to provide instant, fluid translations between interstellar travellers. The utopian idea of such a creature lead to SYSTRAN 's licensing of the name for their own Computer-assisted Translation software, though it has been described as somewhat less fluid in the user's ear (see Round-trip Translation ).


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