Jim DeMarco
Jdemarco at hudsonhealthplan.org
Mon Nov 22 10:44:23 CST 2004
Another issue we've run across with translation is dialect so you'd have to becareful with and programmed translation. Which is another reason we've got two of everything, so we can determine and control dialect issues. Jim D. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:15 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] Selecting Languages - English or Spanish or Something I did some internet research and found that there apparently isn't anything that does 'perfect' translations - that is left to actual people! It did seem that there were some not inexpensive software solutions that would have been able to do a pretty good job. Translation on a PC is called Machine Translation. Machine translation can take a document and take a 'first cut' at doing a translation. Then someone who knows both languages can finish it off in less time. I'm going to recommend this approach to my client. This first cut can be done from Word. Open a Word document and highlight some text. Select Tools | Language | Translate. A Translate pane will appear at the right. At the bottom see 'Translate via the Web'. Select the language translation you want. Push Go. A web site will open with the Machine translation of the text you highlighted. I tried to use the Look up in Dictionary feature, but that always came back with No Suggestions. Dan Waters ProMation Systems -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim DeMarco Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 7:04 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Selecting Languages - English or Spanish or Something No not on the fly. Every report is saved twice (once for English, another for Spanish). This was all set up before I got here but I think the difference in the text sizes (lengths) between the languages was a major reason. Jim DeMarco -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 3:49 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] Selecting Languages - English or Spanish or Something Jim, Are your reports partially translated on the fly? If not it seems that you would need to have your original text information recorded in two separate places - one for each language? If on the fly how is this done? Dan -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim DeMarco Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 11:28 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Selecting Languages - English or Spanish or Something We have two of everything here at this point. Pick the language, print the correct version report. Jim DeMarco -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 11:28 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Selecting Languages - English or Spanish or Something Switch to VB.Net and XML? (well, it IS Friday) :-} Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Dan Waters [mailto:dwaters at usinternet.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 7:44 AM To: Database Advisors Subject: [AccessD] Selecting Languages - English or Spanish or Something I have a client who would like their system to be able to present reports in different languages, based on a selection made on-screen by the reader. How would I get started making this happen? 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