translators

[mr.aufziehvogel]

hi..i am searching for good translation sites.

chinese->english would be fine.

thx,
aufziehvogel

[Haeleth]

What do you mean by "translation sites"?

[Carl]

You mean online translators? I use Amikai's one.

http://www.ocn.ne.jp/translation/
http://infoseek.amikai.com/amitext/indexUTF8.jsp

[roxfan]

I prefer BizLingo engine, it seems to know more about contractions and stuff.
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/

[Haeleth]

Text: 凄ぇよこれ。全然わかんねぇけど。

Systran: "It is enormous, the ぇ this. At all, don't you think? the わ can however the ぇ."
Amikai: "凄ぇよこれ. completely -- not boiling -- けど."
BizLingo: "...terrible... At all."

Well, I guess BizLingo is at least honest. :P

(To be fair, it really is only when you use colloquial contractions that they output total gibberish. Given a business letter they can usually provide a reasonable gist. Hence the name "BizLingo", I guess...)

As an OT aside, I really must get round to trying one of the website-translation services on 2ch. The result would probably count as poetry...