The traditional issue is easily solveable. Google Translate has a function where you can translate from Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese. So just type the characters in in Simplified, and click to translate to Traditional.
On Jul 5, 5:36 am, P Kinkead wrote: > Google Translate is one of the biggest resources I use for studying Chinese > vocabulary and characters, though I always double check meanings and words > with other programs its great for being so fast and responsive. I don't > know how else to contribute feedback so I'll post here. > > First problem is a glitch. When translating into Chinese, if I correct the > translation to another character or pair of characters the phonetic typing > (pinyin) changes at first to match the new chosen translation but then after > entering another word or hitting [enter] the phonetic pinyin will change > back to the original translation not matching the characters, and remain > that way. This is a big headache when I am generating lists of characters > with pronunciations... > > Second thing is less of a glitch and more of an oversight. Simplified > Chinese may be the character set of choice for the majority of Chinese > speakers but there are still a lot of us learning traditional Chinese > characters. When entering Chinese using phonetic typing, only simplified > characters are available. This greatly hampers my use of an otherwise > extraordinarily useful function. Since only simplified characters come up I > am often lost as to which one corresponds to the traditional character I > need. This really cant be a difficult feature to add, as its usually a one > to one relationship between traditional and simplified characters. If I > could type phonetic pinyin and get traditional characters in google > tranlslates input box, I would likely use google translate to type in > Chinese for general use. (which would be a great cross-over feature in > google docs and email, btw.) > > Ok otherwise, thanks for a great product. > (and my apologies, if this is not the best place give feedback) > > ~Paddy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general?hl=en.
