Auto-Translate (Japanese --> English)

[englandmj7]

I know how to use the Google "translate this website into English" feature, but it is a pain to have to do it for every damn page when I am browsing Rakuten.co.jp, etc.......does anyone know of an auto-translate program that will make it so every Japanese page is automatically translated when visited?

Mods:

I know you may not think this belongs in Supershopper, but alot of us browse Japanese clothing/ shopping sites, and it would be very helpful.......

[Kasper]

if you use bablefish, it should translate every page you access by clicking on a link so basicly, once you get to rakuten page, everything else will be translated. it doesn't always work, but almost. i actually like bablefish more than google for page translation.

[naturaljax]

Babel fish is pretty damn crappy, I converse with people from japan, and I've tried to use that for translating before and they've said "That isn't Japanese" so I dunno.

I haven't found something that's perfect yet, so maybe Babel Fish is the best for now.

By the way, what are some of the Japanese sites you browse? I've been trying to find some, but haven't really found much other than the sites of places I've shopped at in Japan (which don't ship to the U.S.)

I been rappin' for about 17 years..

I don't write my stuff anymore,

I just kick it from my head you know what I'm sayin I can do that.

No disrespect... but that's how I am.

[Kasper]

Quote: Babel fish is pretty damn crappy, I converse with people from japan, and I've tried to use that for translating before and they've said "That isn't Japanese" so I dunno.

an automatic translator will never give you an exact translation (at least not yet, and we're quite far from it). i actually speak some japanese myself and can tell than it will do an awfull job at translating from english to japanese. and the same goes from translating from japanese to english. however, i don't think google does a better job over bablefish and the opposite is true also. the good thing about bablefish, and why i think it's better for shopping, is that it will translate page you access through link so it's possible to navigate, google doesn't do that.

there are a few site that ship international, here's a few

http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/ace-web/

[url=" http://www.rakuten.co.jp/essense/"] <a href="http://www.rakuten.co.jp/essense/" target="_blank">http://www.rakuten.co.jp/essense/</a>

[url=" http://www.rakuten.co.jp/cliffedge/"] <a href="http://www.rakuten.co.jp/cliffedge/" target="_blank">http://www.rakuten.co.jp/cliffedge/</a>

i'm sure there is more, but i'm living in Tokyo now so that's not a problem for you

there are also site that will help you order from shop and yahoo auction for a small fee (10%),

[url=" http://www.bid-service.jp/home.html"] <a href="http://www.bid-service.jp/home.html" target="_blank">http://www.bid-service.jp/home.html</a> is one and i know that there's another one that people posted on the forum.

also, i could help you out if you wanted to order some stuff, it's winter holiday at school so i have quite a bit of free time and wouldn't mind helping you out.

[placidlunacy]

No program exists that can fully comprehend and translate Japanese, the greatest language in the world. You just need to learn basic kanji, and you should be ok.

[gomi no sensei]

...I think it's a problem with translation programs in general, and not the "greatness" of japanese...

[coolhunter]

I always use this one, babel dont work for me.

http://www.nifty.com/globalgate/

someone that speaks japanese maybe can rate how good nifty is

[Kasper]

just had a quick look at it, the translation seems pretty similar than what you would get with bablefish. the only difference is that it will show translation under japanese text(might be usefull if you know a bit of japanese) while bablefish will replace the text . it also translate the page you access through link, which is good. like i said before, i don't think it's possible to get a good translation from an electronic translator, but they do the trick enough for shopping.

there's some issue with using bablefish with firefox, it often gives you error messages, i don't really know why.