good Russ. to Engl. transl. software?

[atacama@global.co.za]

Dear Prof. Hill,

I'd also be interested in the answer.
However, I dread to think what sort of result will
be achieved by research relying on machine translation,
esp. for something as important and intricate as the
Engineer Corps.

I use on-line Multritran, but some use Yandex for on-line
dictionaries.  Is there anything better instant and on-line, 
esp. for technical translations when I need 
to know my core from my atom. 

Another stumbling block for me is translating 17th - 18th century
texts.  I understand the meaning very well, but rendering it into
'precise' English (of concepts that no longer exist) is difficult 
and I need to cross check myself - but how and where ?
(Translating wills and division of estates, granting of land, etc.)

Thanks for any guidelines,

Vera Beljakova
Johannesburg
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Original Message:
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From: Prof Steven P Hill s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:08:08 -0500
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] good Russ. to Engl. transl. software?


Dear colleagues:

Greg Armstrong, a former Russian student working on a project for 
a govt. agency, raises the question attached below. If any of you 
knowledgeable folks could provide him with suggestions, please 
do so.  If possible, please reply directly to Armstrong's E-Mail address.  
But if that won't work, you could reply to me and I would forward the 
replies. -- Gratefully, Steven P Hill, University of Illinois.
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:07:37 
From: Greg Armstrong <garmstr2 at uiuc.edu>  
Subject: Translation Question  

I have an assistantship doing cultural research for the Army 
Corps of Engineers. I am currently researching Azerbaijan, and 
more specifically Baku. Over the past few months I have been 
able to find a number of different sources of information in 
Russian.  My Russian is admittedly rather rusty and limited. 

Therefore, my boss was wondering if there is any good
TRANSLATION SOFTWARE ON THE MARKET, FOR TRANSLATING 
TEXTS FROM RUSSIAN TO ENGLISH. I know that the best 
software can not compare to human translation, but given our 
time frame,  it seems the best option. If you have any suggestions 
on software or someone that I could ask, it would be greatly 
appreciated.

Thank you for your time,
Greg Armstrong <garmstr2 at uiuc.edu>   
Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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