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Tracing your family roots is an exciting experience. However, when
it becomes necessary to write a letter in a foreign language when
requesting information, it can become frustrating. There are "canned"
programs available to help you. Although they give the basic idea of
what you want, the translation may not be absolutely correct.
There is a service organization in Germany that provides "human"
translators and at no cost to the user. The people providing this
service are scattered worldwide and are volunteers. What happens is:
(1) You send your message; (2) Within 2-5 minutes you get a message indicating
"who" will do your translation; (3) Although, they allow 7 days for a
reply, you normally get it back within 2-3 days.
1. Address your message to: <trans@genealogy.net>
2. Subject: Letter of Gramma Moses (example)
3. Body of message: If needed, indicate within
10-20 words what you want.
4. Then type: # (pound sign followed by) ENG>GER
This example states that everything that follows
is to be translated from English to German.
5. At the end of your message, indicate END. It
is also good manners to say thank you.
The following languages are currently available:
FRE French GER German POL Polish DAN Danish HUN Hungarian SWE Swedish SPA Spanish ROM Romanian DUT Dutch RUS Russian POR Portuguese NOR Norwegian CZE Czech ENG English Just remember: # (from)>(to) ENG>FRE FRE>ENG ENG>POL GER>FRE
Now dig out that old letter you have been meaning to have translated.
History is in the making.