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lxmcf
6y

Can anyone recommend a good English to German translator?

Don't trust Google Translate enough to put it's words to paper, only asking here because I've noticed a lot of German dev's on here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • 10
    Google Translate is probably the best automatic translator you'll get. I say that based on its very own popularity, which means a lot of data to learn from. But if you're serious about it, I recommend paying a freelancer to do the job.
  • 5
    A german dev ?
  • 1
    @lucaspar awesome thanks!
    Might just use translate as a temp and pay for properer translatiom later on
  • 7
    Deepl is a very good translator, tho it has limited language support. German as well as English are included.
  • 0
    I always use dict.leo.org. But they don't have an automatic translator feature, only single words translation.
  • 2
    I heard from some German translator (human) once that bing translator is better than google translate. I can not confirm or deny that.

    Bing:
    Ich hörte von einigen deutschen Übersetzer (Mensch) einmal, dass Bing Translator ist besser als Google Translate. Ich kann nicht bestätigen oder leugnen, dass

    Google:

    Ich habe von einem deutschen Übersetzer (Mensch) gehört, dass dieser Bing-Übersetzer besser ist als Google Translate. Ich kann das nicht bestätigen oder leugnen.
  • 4
    @helloworld funny though that this translation just disproved your point. Google did the correct translation on this one!

    Anyway, I would like to throw in https://dict.cc . I think it gives you the most information when you want to translate a single word
  • 1
    @ruhe yeah I don’t speak German so put that there as an experiment to see if a native speaker could verify.
  • 0
    @lxmcf Yeah, depending on the kind of work you do need translation for, it could really be worth it to pay some freelancer/translator.
  • 4
    It's DeepL (deepl.com). It uses deep learning for its translations and has been tested to produce better translations than Google Translate and similar services.
  • 2
    Definitely DeepL.
    It can translate even German complicated sentences correctly.
  • 1
    @helloworld Bing just translated the words individually.
  • 1
    I also recommend Google. Some ideas for better results:

    - avoid idioms, proverbs, play on words, movie references or anything like that since it's harder to translate.

    - prefer Simplified English since there is a higher chance that it will come out correct.

    - for manual corrections, use dictionaries both ways, i.e. look up the German word and then look up what (other) English words this German word can mean.

    - get a native speaker who knows the relevant domain. German is hard as foreign language.
  • 1
    @lxmcf you should learn German yourself for the Schnitzel and Bier in you! 😄
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