Spanish to english conversion

[Pingala]

Hi, when I try spanish word document to convert to english, it is going to
internet. Is there a way to do on my desktop itself, offline?
Any help is very much appreciated.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Yes, if you purchase and install translation software.

 

[Pingala]

Great! Can i download from MSDN? What is the actual package name that has
translation software? I am using Office 2003.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Microsoft doesn't make any, but many software companies do make
translation software. Just ask google.

 

[grammatim]

Note that no such translation software does a satisfactory job. You'll
probably spend as much time fixing the output as it would have taken
you to translate it yourself -- if you can read the Spanish. If you
don't know any Spanish at all, you will probably not be able to fix up
the output into a usable translation of the original.

 

[Michelle]

Language is not convertible like that you goof. If it were, whats the point
of learning the language or paying extra for human translations? Its not like
decimals to fractions or something. Its a language. Try google translate, it
does an okay job most of the time. But even then, you really need a human
translation to get it accurate.

 

[Pingala]

I thank you all for excellent suggestions and comments. I concur with you
all. However, for me, it is better to have something than nothing.

I would like to have Microsoft add-on pack to Office to translate locally on
the desktop as I working on a confidential project.

I would appreciate if you/Microsoft recommends an add-on pack to office to
translate word, excel, powerpoint, visio, etc.

Thanks in advance,

Pingala