I need to translate a non-fiction book originally published in Sweden 40 +
years ago - for publication in the U.S. Am working from hard cover book (no
original art),and the text includes photos, and perhaps graphs./line
drawings. First thought to hire a translator till I saw other on options on
Web. I'd prefer to do it myself with software - but which one and what else
do I need? The author and family can proof for factual data as well as
consistency/continiuty. But haven't a clue as to whcih products will work
and also not break the bank! What else will I need beside software? I have
a PC and a scanner and know that the scanning will be time consuming.

I'm very excited about this project but really need some help with kicking
it off.

Any advice, etc. is greatly appreciated!

StefFoy







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Hi,

if I were bilingual, absolutely fluent in two languages,

like this friend of mine who has throughout his entire life
of 55 years moved from Germany to the US and back every 5 years, and
had an American father and a German mother, and is brilliant anyway,

then I'd take the book,
hire a typist an dictate it to her in English.

I was working on machine translation for some years,
with a multi-multi-million dollars budget,
of which I wasn't in charge, of course.

Forget it, hocus pocus, as Jezebel said.

Helmut Weber

You need a translator, whatever you do. Unless your own Swedish is fluent.
Machine translation is still mostly hocus pocus. Here's your original post,
babel-fished to Russian and back --

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consistency/continiuty. But do not have clue about products whcih to work
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excited about this project but actually certain aid to kick it. All the
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Which is probably unacceptable unless you're a post-modernist or you write
speeches for George Bush.




"Steffer" wrote in message
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I need to translate a non-fiction book originally published in Sweden 40 +
years ago - for publication in the U.S. Am working from hard cover book
(no
original art),and the text includes photos, and perhaps graphs./line
drawings. First thought to hire a translator till I saw other on options
on
Web. I'd prefer to do it myself with software - but which one and what
else
do I need? The author and family can proof for factual data as well as
consistency/continiuty. But haven't a clue as to whcih products will work
and also not break the bank! What else will I need beside software? I
have
a PC and a scanner and know that the scanning will be time consuming.

I'm very excited about this project but really need some help with kicking
it off.

Any advice, etc. is greatly appreciated!

StefFoy







0

In , Jezebel told us an
interesting story. My reply to this story is at the bottom of this
message.

You need a translator, whatever you do. Unless your own Swedish is
fluent. Machine translation is still mostly hocus pocus. Here's your
original post, babel-fished to Russian and back --

*snip* babelfished text

Hey! You stole[0] my idea! ;-)

Which is probably unacceptable unless you're a post-modernist or you
write speeches for George Bush.

ROTFLOL
Didn't know you Merkians were allowed to laugh with Dubya - they can
put you in jail for that under the Patriot Act. :-p


[0] Everything I publish on the web is under the Creative Common
License, unless explicitly mentioned otherwise. That means it's
impossible to steal from me. ;-)


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