Translators & vocabulary books

[cantlose]

I wanted to share a new translator I started using today called imtranslator.  You can download the program on your PC.   http://freetranslation.imtranslator.net/ 

It seems to be more accurate when converting English to Spanish then Babel and a couple of other translation programs I tried out. 

Also for those who struggle with developing your vocabulary I  highly recommend, Spanish by Association, by Michael M. Gruneberg.  It uses proven memorization techniques to help the reader remember basic Spanish vocabulary.

[Pivery]

Looks good cantlose. I was using Babylon Pro and Google translator in the beginning with my lady until I became more comfortable with the language.

Ultimately, once you're one-on-one with your person of interest you get dunked into the language and you're on your own. I found it better to just have
to speak and study it a little every day until you don't have to think about it quite as hard. 

[cantlose]

Thanks for pointing out Google translate Pivery.  That will come in handy.

[Pivery]

It's hard in the beginning until you get a good feel for the language. It took me a while until I felt like I sorta understood what people
(My lady/her family/friends/the people at the airport) were saying. I still am nowhere near conversational, but I am fairly understood and as long as the people talking
to me aren't going 95 miles an hour with whatever they are saying I can for the most part figure it out. If not, I just say that I am very poor in my Spanish and could
they repeat what they said slower. Even broken Spanish commands respect from the people instead of dragging a translator (person) around with you everywhere.
It shows the people that even though you may not be fluent, you are showing them respect by at least making an effort to learn/speak their native tongue.

Anyway, after awhile having the same woman you get to understand her even better as you guys are talking with each other often and she will slow her
speech/correct you/tell you she didn't understand you if she runs into any problems. I still use this website whenever I want to write a little love note or
something for the apple of my eye:

http://www.spanishdict.com/

I like it because they give you three translations from three different sources, so you can go through each one and see which one got it mostly right.

Good luck! 

[Researcher]

cantlose,
    I have used that translator for a quite a while.Never had any problems with it.

  Researcher

[cantlose]

Thanks Researcher.

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As for online translators, www.tradukka.com is a new one which translates as you type.
A good way to learn is to hook up with a Spanish speaking woman with a computer and chat via Skype, which can be used for free.