Author Topic: tech. ? re: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4243084  (Read 9849 times)

Offline barry guerrero

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tech. ? re: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4243084
« on: January 20, 2012, 03:42:43 AM »
I know this kind of question has been asked before, but is there an easy way for me to transcribe these customer reviews into English?

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4243084

Offline James Meckley

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Re: tech. ? re: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4243084
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2012, 04:09:10 AM »
Barry,

The Google Translate site does Japanese-to-English translations. It can be made to translate just a block of text or an entire Website:

http://translate.google.com/#ja|en|

Works well for me. The translations provided are awkward, but the intended meaning is usually clear.

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Re: tech. ? re: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4243084
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2012, 02:09:13 AM »
Thanks! All I can tell is that these people really liked it.

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Re: tech. ? re: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4243084
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2012, 01:41:05 AM »
...is there an easy way for me to transcribe these customer reviews into English?


If you want an easy way to do this, i would suggest using Firefox as your browser instead of Internet Explorer.   It has a plug-in for Google Translate (GT) so that when you are on a site with a foreign langauage, you click on the GT button and it automatically translates the webpage.  Google's Chrome browser may have the same functionality. 
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Re: tech. ? re: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4243084
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2012, 06:12:19 PM »
Scott,

I do use Firefox, but don't have the slightest idea what a "GT button" is. I'll look for it, but maybe you could humor me by telling me where to look for it (?).

Barrry

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Re: tech. ? re: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4243084
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2012, 09:06:11 PM »
Hi Barry,

The translator is an add-on.  Under Tools, select "Add-ons", then go to "Get Add-ons" tab.  I found the Google Translator there.  After installing it, I have now T button in the top left of the menu. I went to the HMV website that you cited and got a translation without any difficulty.

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Re: tech. ? re: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4243084
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2012, 11:35:37 PM »
Thanks, I'll try that. I'm very 'tech' challenged, as I simply don't have money to keep up. Thankfully, Firefox is a 'freebie'.

 

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