type a greeting letter in english & translated to spanish

[Algona Cat Lady]

I have new neighbors and they only speak spanish and I only speak english. I
would like to write them a note to welcome them to their new home and welcome
to the neighborhood. How do i do that? How do I write it in english and then
translate it to spanish?
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Melissa
(e-mail address removed)

 

[GY2]

If you aren't focusing on the 'how to' aspects of your question and just
want a simple welcome note I will be happy to do that for you. Just reply
with your >short< English text (like four or five sentances) and I will
send you back the Español. Just leave blanks for personal information you
might want to give them like your name or phone. You can fill that in before
you print it out.

 

[aalaan]

You wouldn't do this in Word (or any mechanical contrivance). Translating
calls for human skills that so far haven't been approached by *any* machine.
Get a *trusted* person to translate for you. I say 'trusted' because it's
not been unknown for mischievous words to be inserted that the 'customer' is
blissfully unaware of!

 

[Algona Cat Lady]

Thankyou so much but first I would like to find out if there is a way I can
do it myself. I'm still kind of in the learning stage? Google has a way but
it doesn't print it letter form. It prints it in english on one side of the
page and then spanish on the other. Looks kind office plain not neighbor
friendly.

 

[Algona Cat Lady]

Google translater has a way but it doesn't look very new neighbor friendly.
It prints the note in english on the left and spanish on the right. I really
would like to learn to do it myself if possible?

 

[Tom Willett]

Print out the google version and retype it?

| Google translater has a way but it doesn't look very new neighbor
friendly.
| It prints the note in english on the left and spanish on the right. I
really
| would like to learn to do it myself if possible?
|
| "aalaan" wrote:
|
| > You wouldn't do this in Word (or any mechanical contrivance).
Translating
| > calls for human skills that so far haven't been approached by *any*
machine.
| > Get a *trusted* person to translate for you. I say 'trusted' because
it's
| > not been unknown for mischievous words to be inserted that the
'customer' is
| > blissfully unaware of!
| >
| > message | > >I have new neighbors and they only speak spanish and I only speak
english.
| > >I
| > > would like to write them a note to welcome them to their new home and
| > > welcome
| > > to the neighborhood. How do i do that? How do I write it in english
and
| > > then
| > > translate it to spanish?
| > > Thanks for any help you can give me.
| > > Melissa
| > > (e-mail address removed)
| >
| >
| >

 

[Algona Cat Lady]

Thankyou for the hint. Sometimes I think if I had a brain I would be
dangerous!
Thanks again,
Melissa

 

[Tom Willett]

You're welcome ;-)

Tom

| Thankyou for the hint. Sometimes I think if I had a brain I would be
| dangerous!
| Thanks again,
| Melissa
|
| "Tom Willett" wrote:
|
| > Print out the google version and retype it?
| >
message
| > | > | Google translater has a way but it doesn't look very new neighbor
| > friendly.
| > | It prints the note in english on the left and spanish on the right. I
| > really
| > | would like to learn to do it myself if possible?
| > |
| > | "aalaan" wrote:
| > |
| > | > You wouldn't do this in Word (or any mechanical contrivance).
| > Translating
| > | > calls for human skills that so far haven't been approached by *any*
| > machine.
| > | > Get a *trusted* person to translate for you. I say 'trusted' because
| > it's
| > | > not been unknown for mischievous words to be inserted that the
| > 'customer' is
| > | > blissfully unaware of!
| > | >
in
| > | > message | > | > >I have new neighbors and they only speak spanish and I only speak
| > english.
| > | > >I
| > | > > would like to write them a note to welcome them to their new home
and
| > | > > welcome
| > | > > to the neighborhood. How do i do that? How do I write it in
english
| > and
| > | > > then
| > | > > translate it to spanish?
| > | > > Thanks for any help you can give me.
| > | > > Melissa
| > | > > (e-mail address removed)
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >

 

[Graham Mayor]

You will not get off to a good start with your new neighbour by sending a
note in the gibberish produced by computer translation services. Either
consult a bilingual speaker to translate it for you, or simply go round and
say hello!

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[ChrisM]

....Or Select the Google'd text and then do Edit->Copy from the menu.
Go into Word and do Edit->Paste.

I'd re-iterate the warnings other have mentioned though that Google (and any
other automatic translator) rarely does a good job.

Get Google to translate the Spanish it gaves you back into English and
you'll get some idea of the problems...

Cheers,

Chris.