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Michael Bray
Sorry for the off-topic post, I couldn't think of where else to send this
question, and web searches have been woefully ineffective.
I write an commercial application that is translated into 15 or 20 other
languages. Up until this point, we have paid a professional translation
company to do this, with mixed results. However, as the project has gotten
larger, the cost is now becoming preventative due to overhead that they
charge for proofreading, engineering, project management, etc... I could
probably do most of that myself.
My brother once sent me an URL to a site that appeared to allow you to
request translations for phrases from people that you pay via the site, but
there were no overhead charges, but he can't remember what it was.
Searching the web for things like "software translation" only seems to
bring up professional companies and all of the automated phrase translation
sites. The important thing is that I want a human being to do the
translation, NOT an automatic translator such as Babelfish.
So ideally, what I'm looking for is a web site with the following features:
- Allows me to create a project
- Lets me enter phrases that I want translated
- Allows me to specify what languages I want it translated into
- Will maintain the project and translations long-term (for future
modifications)
- Has a human as the primary translation source, ideally ones that have
been "verified" as reliable translators (via feedback from other users,
etc)
- Is "relatively" inexpensive
And I could list a hundred other "wants" but these are the basic things I'm
looking for... Any help? even to suggest another newsgroup or other
resource to look in?
TIA!
-mdb
question, and web searches have been woefully ineffective.
I write an commercial application that is translated into 15 or 20 other
languages. Up until this point, we have paid a professional translation
company to do this, with mixed results. However, as the project has gotten
larger, the cost is now becoming preventative due to overhead that they
charge for proofreading, engineering, project management, etc... I could
probably do most of that myself.
My brother once sent me an URL to a site that appeared to allow you to
request translations for phrases from people that you pay via the site, but
there were no overhead charges, but he can't remember what it was.
Searching the web for things like "software translation" only seems to
bring up professional companies and all of the automated phrase translation
sites. The important thing is that I want a human being to do the
translation, NOT an automatic translator such as Babelfish.
So ideally, what I'm looking for is a web site with the following features:
- Allows me to create a project
- Lets me enter phrases that I want translated
- Allows me to specify what languages I want it translated into
- Will maintain the project and translations long-term (for future
modifications)
- Has a human as the primary translation source, ideally ones that have
been "verified" as reliable translators (via feedback from other users,
etc)
- Is "relatively" inexpensive
And I could list a hundred other "wants" but these are the basic things I'm
looking for... Any help? even to suggest another newsgroup or other
resource to look in?
TIA!
-mdb