Friday, January 27, 2012

Is there a good Latin to English translator online?

No, not yet, and maybe never.





I ran this English phrase through Google's Latin translator:





"I went to the store to buy some shoes."





Google spit this out:





"Veni ad macellum calceamenta emere"





Assuming "macellum" and "calceamenta" are the best word choices for "store" and "shoes," there are a few problems with this translation:





1. "Veni" means "I came," not "I went."


2. We would need "ut" between macellum and calceamenta


3. The sentence would end in "emerem"





The sentence should be:





"I(v)i ad macellum (tabernam) ut calceamenta emerem."





"I went to the store in order to buy shoes."|||I have a great site that has a translator for many languages and Latin To English is on there.


http://stars21.com/translator/

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