Panlingual Translator
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We want a room for 2 persons. We will arrive on April 14. We will stay for 3 nights. What is the price of a room with shower or bath? What is the price of a room without shower or bath? We prefer a quiet room. We need an internet connection. Can you give us transportation from the airport? |
we want 1 room 2 person 14 April arrive 3 night stay price room with shower or bath? price room without shower or bath? prefer quiet room internet connection need you provide transportation from airport? |
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Write your messages as if you were speaking to a foreigner who understands very little of your language. This usually means that you use simple words in short sentences that aren’t grammatical (and if you are physically present, lots of body language). | |
This panel lets you verify that I translated your meaning correctly.
I found translations of each word or phrase and translated them back into your language, which I call a backtranslation.
Beneath each word or phrase, I am showing it's backtranslation.
Please click on any words you think I might have gotten wrong.
If it's not in my dictionary, I put the word in a red box.
If I think I probably cannot translate well, I put the word in a yellow box.
This translation is probably not grammatical because I searched bilingual dictionaries to look up your words or phrases and translate.
Using the dictionary I can give you transparent feedback and control so you can be confident that every word is translated with the meaning you intend.
Since dictionaries are so simple, this enables me to scale up to potentially support all the languages of the world (~6,000) unlike statistical approaches which require massive amounts of pre-translated texts.
Unfortunately, the simplicity also means I can't give a grammatical translation.
Word-for-word translations should still be useful to convey your meaning since people can often communicate in broken versions of local languages when travelling abroad.
Let me know if you want to help improve my translation capabilities.
This table shows the total number of high probability translations available for various languages.
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| Language | Coverage (# of translations) | Progress |
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