Scotranslate: Community Built English to Scottish Translator

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about 3 years ago Published in Off Topic by Nick Kewney - Comments (1)

Scotranslate is a user contributed community translation project.

Here's a quick run down of how it works:

Visitors can search for translations the web, by SMS, or Windows Live® Messenger

These services are both free of charge. Our SMS service carries a charge of £1.50 per text and is used to pay for the upkeep of this site. To use this, text TRANSLATE followed by your phrase to 82055.

If a word or phrase isn't recognised by Scotranslate, it is submitted for user translation

Once a registered user clicks 'Start Translating', they will be presented with words and phrases at random, one at a time. If the user sees a previous translation for this word/phrase that they agree with, they vote for it. Otherwise, they enter their own interpretation and press suggest. Once a word or phrase gets 5 votes, it will appear in the Scotranslate.com dictionary. If it's voted bad 5 times, it will be removed. Users may vote only once for each word or phrase and both Suggestions and Translations count towards equally towards your total contribution. Try out English to Scottish Translation now and get involved at Scotranslate

I'm running the 39th BMW Berlin Marathon on 30th September 2012 for the British Lung Foundation, who are currently funding research on the prevention of lung damage in COPD and many other areas related to lung disease.

I'm participating with my sister Claire Kewney and, on behalf of the charity, would appreciate even the smallest donation. My own JustGiving page is here, our team page is here.

if you're in the UK, you can also donate using your mobile phone by texting NKEW82 £5 (or any amount) to 70070. Your donation will be appreciated!