ASL dictionnary <-> french translation ?

[Bill Reese]

Steve,

I had tried that and it didn't work when I used FoxLingo.   So, Anny, 
don't use FoxLingo.  :-)

Bill


Steve Slevinski wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> There are 2 options.
>
> First, we could create a new ASL-French puddle.  We could start it 
> based on  the ASL-English puddle.
>
> Second, give this page a try.  It's a google translation using the 
> French UI.  You can't do any custom searching.  But when you search 
> for "*", it translates most  of the terms.
> http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.signbank.org%2FSignPuddle1.5%2Fsearchword.php%3Fui%3D4%26sgn%3D4%26search%3D%252A%26type%3Dany&langpair=en%7Cfr&hl=EN&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
>
> Or the Tiny URL version:
> *http://tinyurl.com/262ba3
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
> *
>
>
> Bill Reese wrote:
>> Perhaps Steve could layer in a translation between input and search 
>> so that if a french word was input, it could translate to english 
>> then input the english gloss in the ASL puddle.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> Charles Butler wrote:
>>> The only other solution is one that I have done in the Brazilian 
>>> sign puddle.  In all the definitions, so far, some English glosses 
>>> have also been included, so that there is English translation of 
>>> Libras possible as well as Portuguese translation.  Because of 
>>> grammatical differences and conjugations of verbs and declensions of 
>>> nouns, it will always be a challange for a glossing program to 
>>> capture all translation needs.
>>>  
>>> Charles Butler
>>>
>>> */Bill Reese <wreese01 at TAMPABAY.RR.COM>/* wrote:
>>>
>>>     You're right, Anne.  I was only able to use it for a dictionary
>>>     entry after I used english to get the ASL.  Pretty useless for
>>>     what your friend needs.  Sorry. 
>>>
>>>     Another way may be to use one of the online translators to
>>>     translate from French to English first, then use the English in
>>>     the the ASL translator.  However, if you then try to translate
>>>     the results back to French, it will just give you a blank page ...
>>>
>>>     Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>     Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:
>>>>     Hi Bill
>>>>
>>>>     thanks for your propposal!
>>>>
>>>>     I tried to dowload Foxlingo.... fine.. 
>>>>     but then there's no way I can translate the page of SignPuddle
>>>>     wher you can find all english words to access SignPuddle 1.5
>>>>     dictionnary... I got an empty page when I click on the
>>>>     translate button... 
>>>>
>>>>     Anny
>>>>     Le 30 mai 07 à 22:02, Bill Reese a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>>     Anne,
>>>>>
>>>>>     If your friend is using Firefox, you can download an extension
>>>>>     called FoxLingo.  It can be set to automatically translate
>>>>>     webpages when they load and has support for 41 languages.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Bill
>>>>>
>>>>>     Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:
>>>>>>     Val
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     one of the deaf woman here plans to go to the US and wanted
>>>>>>     to learn some ASL signs in the Puddle dictionnary.... but she
>>>>>>     said she just can't do it because it's all written in english!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     is ther a way I could add the french translation beside the
>>>>>>     english word ??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I told her I was going to ask you!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Anny
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod
>>>>>>     ruelle des chambres chaudes 1
>>>>>>     1271 Givrins
>>>>>>     Tel ++41/22.362.52.37
>>>>>>     Fax ++41/22.362.52.66
>>>>>>     mail: acpg at vtxnet.ch <mailto:acpg at vtxnet.ch>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod
>>>>     ruelle des chambres chaudes 1
>>>>     1271 Givrins
>>>>     Tel ++41/22.362.52.37
>>>>     Fax ++41/22.362.52.66
>>>>     mail: acpg at vtxnet.ch <mailto:acpg at vtxnet.ch>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

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