Text translation resources for Blackberry

[Madison]

Hi there, I was wondering if there are tools that will help me to
translate text on my mobile. I Google about that, but did not find any
links for direct download to my phone.
I expect some helpful responses.
Thnaks.

[laseray]

Hi,

Since there does not seem to be any applications specifically targeted
for use on mobiles, the chance of using an application all depends on
the capabilities of your phone vs. the resource demands of an
application.

For instance, java applications (omegat, etc.) could run on it, but
most of these devices do not have a full version of java installed
(they use or support a version known as Java ME).

In order to make something like this work could require significant
redesign or removal of features for many applications.

I believe at this point there is very little demand for translation
applications on mobiles because most translators need to work with
extra resources while translating that would make mobile translation
impractical. That is, it is very hard to carry around your
dictionaries and other hard references, as well as justify the cost of
many on-line accesses to terminology banks and so forth, depending
upon the service costs of the mobile device. It is also difficult to
type on those teeny keyboards at any rate of speed, most people could
not be bothered.

On the development side, it is hard for software developers to develop
for such things where there is little demand and they do not have the
resources to begin to make it work properly.
The developers themselves would need to have the mobile devices, at
some point.

So unfortunately, there is a definite barrier to having these kinds of
applications for both the users and developers. Sounds like a nice
idea for those who already have the devices. The critical mass of
adopters is just not there at this time.

Regards,

Raymond

[mia.o...@gmail.com]

Hello How are you doing today mates.Here it is the fitted text
translator. Follow the URL to the program page. Regadrs and Bye-bye

[laseray]

Hmm, what URL? I do not see anything.

Raymond

[grace]

On Oct 11, 5:47 pm, laseray <lase...@gmail.com> wrote:

Here it is a URL to a webpage about this:
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&productId=213397

[laseray]

Hi,

> >
> > Hmm, what URL? I do not see anything.
> >
> > Raymond
>
>
> Here it is a URL to a webpage about this:
> http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&productId=213397

That's not exactly a MAHT tool. Aside from needing on-line service,
you could just use Google translate or something else if you want
functionality like that.

Regards,

Raymond

[lukas]

HI,
I know Babelfish and Co., it is good - yes, but that one is better in
some cases.

It's a mobile application for Blackberry, uses large database. It just
connects to server and realize the translation without much memory
necessity available on the phone.

[laseray]

That's nice, but how is any of this relevant to OmegaT+ or related
tools?

It isn't. Perhaps you should be talking about this on some other group
because it is not of that much use to those who use OmegaT+.

Regards,

Raymond

[lukas]

Hi!
I know that this group is not exactly the right place for this topic,
but I just like to share my experience with its members and to get
more information about it. I

[lukas]

On Oct 22, 4:37 pm, laseray <lase...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi!
I know that this group is not the right place for this topic and I
apologise for bothering you with it, but I would like to share my
experience with the group's members and to get more information about
text translation tools for Blackberry. I can't find other proper
groups. If anyone knows any, please let me know.
Thanks

[lukas]

On Oct 23, 5:55 pm, lukas <lukas.ct...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 22, 4:37 pm, laseray <lase...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > lukas wrote:
> > > HI,
> > > I know Babelfish and Co., it is good - yes, but that one is better in
> > > some cases.
>

> > > It's a mobile application forBlackberry, uses large database. It just
> > > connects to server and realize thetranslationwithout much memory

> > > necessity available on the phone.
>
> > That's nice, but how is any of this relevant to OmegaT+ or related
> > tools?
>
> > It isn't. Perhaps you should be talking about this on some other group
> > because it is not of that much use to those who use OmegaT+.
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Raymond
>
> Hi!
> I know that this group is not the right place for this topic and I
> apologise for bothering you with it, but I would like to share my

> experience with the group's members and to get more information abouttexttranslationtools forBlackberry. I can't find other proper

> groups. If anyone knows any, please let me know.
> Thanks

Hi!
I have found the best webpage for smartphone tools including
Blackberry software.The Blackberry translation software requires
minimal memory of the cell phone. Those translations need Internet
connection. There is a server with a huge database with many
languages available. Most of these services are on reasonable prices.
Google Handango.com
Bye

[Anna]

Hi Hi! Hey people I can give a link for text translator. Check this
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Educational/Languages/Multilingual-Travelers-Tool-51751.shtml
The program is low memory usage and works with many languages. Bye
Bye

[laseray]

Anna wrote:
> Hi Hi! Hey people I can give a link for text translator. Check this

> ...

Again, not really that relevant to OmegaT+ or the tools that are
concerned here. First, that is a demo app, not free software. Second,
MT is not really that useful to translators in its current state.
Third, not many translators have blackberries and it would be
difficult to do any real work on that anyway.

Stuff for handhelds is not really that useful. As far as I know, they
are too small and too underpowered to do any serious work on. And I
don't have one, so it is no fun to talk about and not be able to
actually develop something and get it out to everyone. If any of you
are feeling generous and really want some apps for handhelds, consider
donating to this project (cash, a handheld, other?). Then maybe
something can be done.

Cheers,

Raymond

[lukas]

Hi,
I think that it depends on what you will translate with such apps for
handhelds.
It's possible to make decent translations of short texts and whole
phrases.
So it can be useful for everyone who wants to help him self, in the
simple translation tasks.
I think that tool works on different platforms, not only blackberry,
so it's usable for j2me, windows mobile,
Brew and other environments. It's not free, but not expensive!

> they are too small and too underpowered to do any serious work on<

I think this is an advantage, that's why you can use them on a mobile
device.

Best regards.

[Raymond Martin]

> Hi,
> I think that it depends on what you will translate with such apps for
> handhelds. It's possible to make decent translations of short texts and whole
> phrases. So it can be useful for everyone who wants to help him self, in the
> simple translation tasks. I think that tool works on different platforms, not only blackberry,

> so it's usable for j2me, windows mobile, rew and other environments. It's not free,

> but not expensive! > > they are too small and too underpowered to do any serious work on<
> I think this is an advantage, that's why you can use them on a mobile
> device.
>

That's all very nice, but is this really related to translation tools for translators
or for the average person. It is not a topic for this group unless it is directly
related to the kinds of tools made by this project or can help with
the development of those tools here. Next topic...

Oh yeah, we are also not interested in non-free tools, unless we can develop
similar functionality and need some examples. Let's move forward.

Thanks for your understanding.

Cheers.

Raymond

[lukas]

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