Rough translation/guides to this site

Translation: Help & Hints

Introduction and Warning

This rather large web site consists of several dozen pages of information, all unfortunately in English only.

Happily, wthe web now offers some help in this respect -- not a magic wand solution but a rough machine translation capability that can be of help, if you have the desire, wit and flexibility to make good use of it.

The Systran engine we are presently using to this end can help you get a feel for the content of this Web site in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese or Russian, which you may not otherwise be able to access. In order to see how to do this easily for an entire site, click any of the icons shown here to get a rough translation of this page.

Cautionary Note:
Bear in mind that what you can generate here are machine translations only -- and that they will be as useful to you as you chose to make them. But if you find yourself confronted with a wall of unfamiliar words in a language you do not know, a machine translation can help you get a first rough understanding of its thrust and content. Then, if you are interested enough, you may find it useful to print out both the original and that very rough machine translation and read them in parallel. Or get a real translation. But before you actually set out to use this handy tool, please do take a moment to review the following short section on Working with machine translations. A few minutes there will serve you in good stead.

Tips:

When you ask for the translation, please be patient. It may take a minute or so (if you have a high speed connection) to get the full text for a longer page.
When you get your machine translation, we advise you compare it directly with the original by clicking the "View Original Language" link on a translated web page. Reading the two side by side is a great help for those curious enough to work at it.

To get translation help for the entire site

Click here and this will take you to the opening page of the site.
At that point a JavaScript window will pop up. In the lower box, cut and paste the address of the home page, in this case: http://www/ecoplan.org/index.htm .
In parallel you can select the language into which you wish to translate the page and eventually the entire site.
Once again we propose that you read the translated page and the English language original in parallel.
From that point on as you call up each page, the text will be given in the chosen language. You can just take it from there. Good luck!

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