What is the best translation software or WWW translation server?
Many people email and ask for the address of sites or the location of free software which will translate English to Japanese. First, there is NO free software that does this, as far as I know. There is commercial software available, some of which can be found in the TRANSLATION section of my Japanese WWW page. I don’t use any of it, and will not make recommendations on which to buy. Second, there are some WWW servers which attempt to do translations. The results can best be described as variable in quality. Use at your own peril. Probably the Amikai-based ones are best. The WWW translators do a half decent job at helping understand what a page is about, but when it comes to doing documents properly it can only happen if you use a professional and skilled (human) translator.
