Electronic Language Translation Programs (Several Languages) These ELT programs, while providing instant translation, do not guarantee accuracy. You really don't want to trust it for a wordy, difficult, long, drawn-out, complicated letter. Keep it simple, simple, simple, and then go back and simplify it all over again!! I'm serious!! Short, simple sentences, written with third-grade grammar! Remember that electronic programs will translate words (such as town names and surnames) that should NOT be translated!

For an opening sentence, this would be bad:

"I am desperately seeking to bring to closure my deep and abiding oxymoronic interest in the incredibly gripping saga of my Teutonic Knight forebears in the ancient enclaves of my haunting past, their voices crying out to me over the eons of time, in unbelievable majestic harmony, 'Find us, find us, find us.......'"

This would be good:

"My great-grandfather was Helmut Schmidt. He was born in Hahnheim, Hessen 04 Aug 1829. His wife was Maria Kostner. She was born 12 Sep 1831. They lived in Hahnheim. They came to USA 1849. I need their marriage certificate. I need their birth certificates. I need to know their parents. I have enclosed return postage. I have enclosed a research fee deposit."

In an electronic translator,that carefully worded format produces ALMOST aperfect translation:

"Mein groß Großvater war Helmut Schmidt. Er war geboren in Hahnheim, Hessen 04 Aug 1829. Seine Frau war Maria Kostner. Sie war geboren 12 Sep 1831. Sie haben in Hahnheim gelebt. Sie sind nach Vereinigten Staaten 1849 gekommen. Ich brauche ihre Ehe Bescheinigung. Ich brauche ihre Geburt Bescheinigungen. Ich muß ihre Eltern wissen. Ich habe Rückkehr Porto eingeschlossen. Ich habe eine Forschungsgebühr Einzahlung eingeschlossen."

Contactme forexamples of no-no's.Do your very best to avoid words that have double meanings! "Ship the files at once!" may get you a boat load of wood rasps by priority mail. Whoa!

For information 95 years old or less make certain that you provide a family or legal link in your message, in order to survive German privacy laws. Notarized orofficial documentswill usually suffice, especially if it is in the German language.

Entire Free Web Site or Text Translation. Just plug in the URL.

For word(s), sentence, or paragraph translation, just type in the information, or cut and paste it from another document. By no means perfect, but you should get a general understanding of the web sites content. You can also type in the original language and have the computer translate it. Remember that computer translation is far from an exact science. Town names will be translated and they won't be usable. Don't arbitrarily use any electronic translator. Check it out with someone who speaks the language.

My first choice (does a fair job of translating):
http://www.freetranslation.com/
RType, cut & paste, or insert a URL. Will translate
an entire webpage, although not accurately. You'll
have considerable reconstruction to do.

2nd, somewhat competitive choice
Will translate an entire webpage, but
not accurately.

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or try this translation by E-Mail:

Send an E-Mail to yourself and cc it to english-german@t-mail.com . You can use any language pair, i.e., german-english, english-french, etc.. Now that you see how it works, send an E-Mail to your foreign contact in your language and cc it to t-mail. Your contact will receive your language E-Mail, and then a second E-Mail in his/her language, which is a translation of your first E-Mail. The translation is by no means perfect, but perhaps your contact can understand what you want to say. I'll give it a letter grade C-.

The search engine http://www.google.com offers a translation of just about anything you search for - but far from perfect. See also the options section of GOOGLE (advanced,  preferences, language, etc.), to select languages you prefer to work with, and sites you want to find when searching.

Actually, I do a better job than any of the above. Check out my offer under Item #4 (below).

Check out these options byTranslation Teams for old German script to modern German! I can then translate into modern English!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transcribe/ Staffedby German Volunteers!
Q&A forthe German transcribe group.

See also..........

http://e-transcriptum.net/ Based inFrance,multiple language forms!

and

http://www.tranquility.net/~pwrigh01/ Father andSon Translation Team! They are usually overloaded so be sure to ask for a time estimate!

and

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lookup_Assistance/ CD-ROM!

and then there is.........

http://www.rootsweb.com/~deutg/ for general discussions and transcription examples.

http://quickdic.org/The Germans have outdone themselves with this awesome translation program. You can use it online, or for words, sentences, and rules of grammar, go to the left column at the website and DOWNLOAD it for free, or simply save it as a desktop item! Two other great online dictionaries are at http://dict.leo.org/ and at http://www.quickdic.de .

Sütterlin Schreibstube
im Förderverein Altenzentrum Ansgar
Reekamp 49/51
22415 Hamburg
Germany

Your response will be in the modern German language which one of our translators can
then easily translate for you. Their response may take several weeks. Remember that it
is the old Sütterlin script that these seniors specialize in, not just any old German script.
They offer this service to those who are willing to contribute financially. You MUST
include, as well, at least €5,00 for return postage, or German postage stamps. You can
obtain an international check at the following link:

http://members.cox.net/hessen/payforit.htm

If you send a document which is longer or larger and heavier than a regular letter, you've got to
include return packaging and postage. Don't ask these retirees to package your response
and pay the postage! For postage, they can use ONLY German postage stamps!

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