Talk:Tranlate

Sent email contact to Russell Radeke about his translation request. Informed him of the purpose for wiki's existance. Gave him two translation options: He could discuss his translation needs with staff at International Desk at FamilySearch Library OR use, if it is not handwritten Gothic script, the limited scope of babblefish. This page shouldn't exist on wiki. CIrwin Caroline Wolfgramm Irwin 23:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Also you might try "google translate"--just type the phrase into any search box. Klk3 21:35, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

That would work IF the article is not handwritten in the Gothic script. Even native born Germans have trouble with the Gothic script unless they have been taught by grandparents or were pre-Hitler's regime. Hitler stopped the teaching of the script in the, I believe, mid 1930s. I was fortunate to learn the script at Westward High School in Mesa, Arizona. When I went to Germany to do field research in 1999, my 19 year old German cousin couldn't read the script in the church records of our common ancestor. Thanks, Ken, for the tip of google translate. Must remember to keep things simple. Aloha. CIrwin Caroline Wolfgramm Irwin 03:51, 20 March 2012 (UTC)