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Transmiti lets you run your desktop documents through Google Translate
Sure, you can upload documents to Google Translate, but why bother? Transmiti is a small (<700KB download), portable Windows app that can run selected text through Translate without the need to upload.
Just download the standalone .EXE, run it, and Transmiti heads to your system tray. Highlight some text in a Word or OpenOffice Writer document, tap the hotkey, and your translation appears in a movable popup. It's still Google Translate doing the heavy lifting, so the results are generally good -- though you may get the occasional Python-esque "I will not buy this tobacconists, it is scratched."
Now, here's my only gripe with Transmiti. For some reason, the Windows key is the hotkey and there's no way to specify your own combination. Transmiti only kicks in when you have highlighted text and press Win, but still -- I use that key a lot, and it would only rarely be used for translations. It also won't jump in if you use combinations like Win+R or Win+E.
Transmiti is already a very good desktop translation app, so hopefully the developer will add a customizable hotkey option.
Just download the standalone .EXE, run it, and Transmiti heads to your system tray. Highlight some text in a Word or OpenOffice Writer document, tap the hotkey, and your translation appears in a movable popup. It's still Google Translate doing the heavy lifting, so the results are generally good -- though you may get the occasional Python-esque "I will not buy this tobacconists, it is scratched."
Now, here's my only gripe with Transmiti. For some reason, the Windows key is the hotkey and there's no way to specify your own combination. Transmiti only kicks in when you have highlighted text and press Win, but still -- I use that key a lot, and it would only rarely be used for translations. It also won't jump in if you use combinations like Win+R or Win+E.
Transmiti is already a very good desktop translation app, so hopefully the developer will add a customizable hotkey option.
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Subscribe to commentsmichelSep 13th 2010 11:50AM
But Word already has translation built in. Why use this?
Lee MathewsSep 13th 2010 11:50AM
Word 2003 does translation?
Also, this app works with anything with text in it. Notepad, etc...
My-t-manOct 11th 2010 6:18PM
According to the transmiti site's FAQ you can optionally create different "hot keys". It's also noted that the win key retains all functions and only works for translation when text is selected.;-)