Comments on: Identify Language of Text with Polyglot 3000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: VivekM http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/#comment-373493 VivekM Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:05:29 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=11678#comment-373493 You really seem to be living in a parallel universe! Google's auto language detector has worked for me for Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, French and Spanish. You don't even need to the translate.google.com page. Just save one these as your bookmarks - http://translate.google.com/translate_buttons Google's auto-detect works like it's supposed to! You really seem to be living in a parallel universe!
Google’s auto language detector has worked for me for Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, French and Spanish. You don’t even need to the translate.google.com page. Just save one these as your bookmarks – http://translate.google.com/translate_buttons

Google’s auto-detect works like it’s supposed to!

]]> By: Karl L. Gechlik http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/#comment-373340 Karl L. Gechlik Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:44:30 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=11678#comment-373340 What language did you try it with and how much text did you use? What language did you try it with and how much text did you use?

]]> By: sumit http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/#comment-373255 sumit Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:15:38 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=11678#comment-373255 google's auto language detector works perfectly as well google’s auto language detector works perfectly as well

]]> By: Vanatic http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/#comment-373214 Vanatic Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:12:06 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=11678#comment-373214 Not necessary! USE: <a title="frengly" href="http://www.frengly.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.frengly.com/</a> !! It got auto-detection! or as "mamassis kostis" already said: <a href="http://www.nicetraslator.com" title="nicetraslator.com" rel="nofollow">nicetranslator.com</a> Keep goin'! - MakeUseOf.com is incredible good! Regards Not necessary!
USE: http://www.frengly.com/ !!
It got auto-detection!

or as “mamassis kostis” already said:
nicetranslator.com

Keep goin’! – MakeUseOf.com is incredible good!

Regards

]]> By: Karl L. Gechlik http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/#comment-373192 Karl L. Gechlik Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:04:08 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=11678#comment-373192 Thanks guys. Yes there are loads of programs/sites that translate text but how do you know what the language is that you are translating from? I have tried Google's auto detect feature and it is not very good nor does it give the % of it being correct. Thanks guys. Yes there are loads of programs/sites that translate text but how do you know what the language is that you are translating from? I have tried Google’s auto detect feature and it is not very good nor does it give the % of it being correct.

]]> By: mamassis kostis http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/#comment-373183 mamassis kostis Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:48:48 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=11678#comment-373183 i think nicetranslator.com does this as well. I like their service (no affiliation with them in any way). i think nicetranslator.com does this as well. I like their service (no affiliation with them in any way).

]]> By: Daniel http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/#comment-373178 Daniel Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:22:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=11678#comment-373178 For translating needs, i use qtl extension for Firefox and Writer's Tools for OpenOffice. For translating needs, i use qtl extension for Firefox and Writer’s Tools for OpenOffice.

]]> By: Karl L. Gechlik http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/#comment-373174 Karl L. Gechlik Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:05:10 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=11678#comment-373174 I should have addressed this in the article - Yes Google has this feature but No it does not work well. http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en#auto|en|%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%20Russkiy%20yazyk I ran that russian text through the google translator, I selected detect as the language type and it returned me no translation and an assumption that it was in Albanian... Google translator FAIL! I should have addressed this in the article – Yes Google has this feature but No it does not work well.

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en#auto|en|%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%20Russkiy%20yazyk

I ran that russian text through the google translator, I selected detect as the language type and it returned me no translation and an assumption that it was in Albanian…

Google translator FAIL!

]]> By: mark http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/identify-that-language-with-polyglot-3000/#comment-373169 mark Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:36:50 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=11678#comment-373169 google has built in language recognition. in google translate select auto detect google has built in language recognition. in google translate select auto detect

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