Problem
You copy from Google translate and the text breaks into half lines or disappears and floats. What did you do wrong? How can you stop this happening?
Answers
You can copy the translations from google. The text comes out large. So you have to make each word smaller. It would be faster to copy several as a list, then make them all smaller.
If you copy the text which runs over two lines, the text you copy has embedded the same line break. So you have to type out the words and copy only any letter with an accent.
Translation Checks
Google offers you alternative translations for words which can be translated several ways according to context.
If you print out several phrases from your automatic translator, you can show them to somebody who is bilingual on the plane to your destination and ask them if the translation is correct. If you have a long list and they are busy, get them to check just one sentence. If you ask the same person a couple of times, and find two or three people, you can work your way down your page without causing too much trouble nor getting told they don't have time. If you are lucky, they will come back to you later when they have time.
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You copy from Google translate and the text breaks into half lines or disappears and floats. What did you do wrong? How can you stop this happening?
Answers
You can copy the translations from google. The text comes out large. So you have to make each word smaller. It would be faster to copy several as a list, then make them all smaller.
If you copy the text which runs over two lines, the text you copy has embedded the same line break. So you have to type out the words and copy only any letter with an accent.
Google offers you alternative translations for words which can be translated several ways according to context.
If you print out several phrases from your automatic translator, you can show them to somebody who is bilingual on the plane to your destination and ask them if the translation is correct. If you have a long list and they are busy, get them to check just one sentence. If you ask the same person a couple of times, and find two or three people, you can work your way down your page without causing too much trouble nor getting told they don't have time. If you are lucky, they will come back to you later when they have time.
I have several more posts on learning languages. Please bookmark and share links to your favourite posts.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author, teacher of English and other languages. I can teach in person and on Skype.
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