Mike Brittain » translation http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog Internet, mobile applications, skiing, snowboarding, food... you know, whatever comes to mind. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:24:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Translate Words and Phrases on Your iPhone http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/2008/04/27/iphone-translation-service/ http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/2008/04/27/iphone-translation-service/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:29:58 +0000 Mike Brittain http://mikebrittain.wordpress.com/?p=96 Screen shot of iPhone TranslatorI’ve been working on learning Japanese over the last two years, and have been making a better stab at it recently. What I realized would be helpful is a quick translation tool on my phone from English to Japanese. I tried whipping one up with the Google Language API.

Try out this iPhone Translator in your browser or on your iPhone.

  1. Open http://m.mikebrittain.com/tr in your iPhone.
  2. Select a combination of languages you want to translate between, e.g. from English to Japanese.
  3. Bookmark the translation page for quick access when your out on the run.

I have a trip planned to Vienna later this year, and it would be really nice to have a quick German to English translation tool on hand. This would be promising if only I had an international data plan.

Other supported languages include Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, and Chinese.

Please try it out and leave feedback in the comments section below.

(Thanks to DryIcons for the icon I’m using on the site for iPhone and iPod Touch home screens.)

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