Habla espanol? Fala gallego? Parle vous frances? Do you need to correspond with a genealogist who speaks a different language? Are you having a hard time trying to read documents from one of your ancestors that's written in another language? Not to worry! The Internet has some great language translation tools; some of them are even free!
Your first stop is Google. Google Language Tools allows you to translate text as well as read websites across a variety of languages. It doesn't get it right 100% of the time, but you'll definitely get the jist of what's being said. To use Google Language Tools, go to Google, and click on the link to the right of the search engine box that says "Language Tools". You can then use one of the language tools to translate a letter you want to write or a letter written to you. You can also use Language Tools to translate a website or search for websites in a different language.
Another language translation tool I like is www.babelfish.yahoo.com or you could try www.freetranslation.com There are a number of services online that you can pay for as well, but starting with the free ones is the way to go in today's economy!
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