Google Translate can translate entire web pages or text into language of your choice

Google translate is a very handy tool from Google that allows you to convert a passage of text from one language into another. Whether you want to translate an email from a pen pal in Indonesia or chat online with a cute Russian girl friend, Google Translate can rise to the occasion.

Go to the Google Translate home page and in the text field you can enter a passage of text or a web page URL. Choose a language to convert to, there is a large selection of languages to select from, and press the translate button. Google will translate the text you input into your selected language or if you have inputted a URL of a web page, that page is loaded with all the text in it translated.

There is also a translated search function where you can input a search query in any of the supported languages and select a language to translate to and Google will return web page results that have the translated text in it. For example if you input “How to make chicken soup” in the search query box and select Indonesian as the language to convert to, Google will translate that text into Indonesian, “Bagaimana membuat sup ayam”, and return web pages that feature that text.

Don’t expect perfect translations from the Google tool though.  If you use Google translate to write your French paper you may not get top grades for grammar. It will however help break language barriers to a great extent and can be a useful companion on the World Wide Web.