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Online conversions and translations

7/1/2010

 
Happy Canada Day!  In honour of my bilingual, metric-system homeland, this post is on easy and free online conversions and translations.

  • Any time I want to convert anything online I usually run a Google search like "convert kilograms to pounds."  I usually find an appropriate converter within a few clicks but have recently settled on OnlineConversions.com where all conversions are done instantly, on the same page.  No click-through, no pop-ups, no searching, just easy conversions.  [UPDATE August 2010: See comment for a helpful tip.  Thanks Jared!]
  • Translations are a little bit tougher.  I remember using Diccionarios.com many years ago, since the translations are generally accurate and thorough.  The price for high quality though was a limit on the number of translations you can do for free.  This is one reason why I have gravitated towards Google Translate over the past year.  It is one of those "good enough" solutions, not to be relied upon for high-quality or lengthy translations but just helpful enough to understand a quick word or general idea from any other language.  It is a tool that is useful but imperfect, and provides utility above and beyond a standard dictionary in that it allows you to enter whole web-pages and documents all at once.  You can see a terribly translated Spanish version of this website here, or a butchered French version here, for example.  The overall point is that Google Translate can instantly give you a basic understanding of almost any website or document regardless of what language you speak or what language it is actually written in.  I once needed to translate an entire English Powerpoint presentation to Spanish and uploaded the original Powerpoint document to Google Translate.  I had to go over every word and correct many serious mistakes to make sure it was professional-level Spanish, but the Google translation made for a great starting point and made the process a lot quicker overall.
Jared link
7/30/2010 05:40:03 am

Here's a neat little shortcut.

Google will do your conversions right there for you in the search box.
type "1kg in pounds" and it will spit out the response. Also works for currencies.

Google can even do math.


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