Site translation - FREAKING cool!

For a while I translated my blog posts (by hand) into portuguese, because I wanted Camila's friends and family to have access to our site. But 2 problems:

1) Few of her friends or family use the internet.
2) It was so hard to translate into a language that I'm still becoming familiar with.

So the value for the time spent was pretty small. In fact I stopped doing it after a while. But then Camila, who is still learning english, has a hard time reading our blog. So yesterday I came across a Google "gadget" that I stuck here on my blog, you'll see it at the bottom of the green column on the right. It's a translation tool. You simply select the language you want, and voi-freakin'-lá! Instantaneous translation!!

I've tested it, and while not all the translations are 100% correct, most of it is spot on, and what isn't, is close enough for the reader to get the gist of what's intended.

Plus, and this is what I'm still geeking out about, you can hover your mouse over any of the tranlsated text and it will show you the original text.


Ceewwwwwwwwwl!


Here's a screen shot of comments left by friends of mine on this post. Mahina said "the guy", and the Google translation was "o cara". "O cara" is slang! How cool is that??! And check it! They give you a link to suggest a better translation....




Freakin' cool! Give it a try, if you speak a language other than english, see what you think about their translations.