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Dear Kishkumen (or Trevor, who also speaks Latin)

De studeo latinus interpres Google. Quamvis adhuc alpha scena, quam bene mirari putas agit.

Ah .. you are thinking about this?

http://translate.google.com/#la|en|

A test case:

Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur. Hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt.

All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, a third of those who in their language are called Celts, in our Gauls, the third. All these in language, customs, and laws differ from each other.

Could be worse. When do you think Google will add Reformed Egyptian? (Just to stop us getting banished to the Off-Topic forum).

My only qualification for joining in is that I think actually do (in a limited way) have to speak Latin from time to time as part of my job.

Simon Belmont wrote:Dear Kishkumen (or Trevor, who also speaks Latin)

De studeo latinus interpres Google. Quamvis adhuc alpha scena, quam bene mirari putas agit.

Hey, Simon. Did you compose this? There are numerous errors in it, but I am off to class to lecture on Roman religion.

Chap wrote:My only qualification for joining in is that I think actually do (in a limited way) have to speak Latin from time to time as part of my job.

I did not know that! I wish I could speak Latin. I loved learning about it when I got a BA in classics -- but that was a long time ago and I remember very little.

May I ask why you speak Latin for your job? I thought it was a "dead" language (although not really dead, of course).


Edited to add: Mormonism.

Kishkumen wrote:Hey, Simon. Did you compose this? There are numerous errors in it, but I am off to class to lecture on Roman religion.

No, I did not. I used Google Translate, which I just found out today, now translates LATIN!

This really excites me, if it is at all accurate.

Its a better than average Latin to English translator, but that pronunciation? I thought I was listening to modern Italian!

Simon Belmont wrote:
This really excites me, if it is at all accurate.

Like I said, its better than some online translation engines, but I put a few test cases through it and found some odd errors.

I'm off to class too, so I can't explain further.

Thanks for your input, Blixa. Check this out:


LOL!

Chap wrote: When do you think Google will add Reformed Egyptian?

Soon, because then Google can stop using Hebrew. Reformed Egyptian takes up less space than Hebrew.

How do I enroll in Cassius' introductory Latin classes? I want to learn Latin!