As a Chinese who can't speak Mandarin, I feel handicapped. When my sister was living with us, I would ask her to help me out but now that she is living in a Western country, she has also lost touch with the language.
I am a blogger who receive messages from people from all walks of life. Some locals would write to me in Mandarin but I have also received my fair share of messages in various foreign languages. With Mandarin, I could still ask friends to translate into English for me but for other languages like Japanese and French, I reach a dead end. I know I could use free online translators like Babelfish but that is of no help when the translated work retains most of the original foreign words.
I recently came across an online multi-language translation service that is very helpful for people like me. I usually only need to translate just short notes or even one or two words so hiring a translator would be too expensive but with Translia, a website that allows us to reach out to translators from around the world, no matter if we have a stack of documents to translate or just a word or two, we could get it done easily.
I am a blogger who receive messages from people from all walks of life. Some locals would write to me in Mandarin but I have also received my fair share of messages in various foreign languages. With Mandarin, I could still ask friends to translate into English for me but for other languages like Japanese and French, I reach a dead end. I know I could use free online translators like Babelfish but that is of no help when the translated work retains most of the original foreign words.
I recently came across an online multi-language translation service that is very helpful for people like me. I usually only need to translate just short notes or even one or two words so hiring a translator would be too expensive but with Translia, a website that allows us to reach out to translators from around the world, no matter if we have a stack of documents to translate or just a word or two, we could get it done easily.
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