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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sorry for any Cross Posts <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi everyone, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This is probably really “old
news” to a lot of people… but….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It still might be useful for anyone with a sister school
o/s, or needing to communicate in writing with parents in their native
language, or who has teachers or students communicating with counterparts o/s,
and so on. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Recently I have been communicating online with some people
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
using my scratchy old language skills, and a big thick ancient copy of the New
Cassells 2-way Dictionary. Talk about living in the dark ages ! <br>
<br>
I mentioned this to someone at work, and they told me about the free Google
Online Translator. <br>
This is a great stand alone tool to use online at: <a
href="http://translate.google.com/" target="_blank"
title="blocked::http://translate.google.com/" id=SAWARN1d66fei
original_href="http://translate.google.com/">http://translate.google.com/#</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There is also a means of adding it to your Google Blog so
that anyone overseas can fully translate and view your blog in their native
language. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This makes your Blog far more accessible to international
visitors. (There is probably an equivalent kind of widget for Word
Press as well). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>To find out more go to my Blog post at: <a
href="http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/2009/07/blogger-foreign-language-translator.html"
title="blocked::http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/2009/07/blogger-foreign-language-translator.html"
id=SAWARN1d66fei
original_href="http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/2009/07/blogger-foreign-language-translator.html">http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/2009/07/blogger-foreign-language-translator.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>OR <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Perhaps just go to this Blog to do some quick
“e-travel” and see some beautiful pictures of the French
countryside: <a href="http://pissenlits.blogspot.com/"
title="blocked::http://pissenlits.blogspot.com/" id=SAWARN1d66fei
original_href="http://pissenlits.blogspot.com/">http://pissenlits.blogspot.com/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Take the text from this French Blog, and use <a
href="http://translate.google.com/" target="_blank"
title="blocked::http://translate.google.com/" id=SAWARN1d66fei
original_href="http://translate.google.com/">http://translate.google.com/#</a>
to translate the French to English, and you will really begin to see the full picture
!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Enjoy, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Paul Pascoe <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>IT / Maths Teacher <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>St <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Francis</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Xavier</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
Berwick <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:mppascoe@bigpond.com"
title="blocked::mailto:mppascoe@bigpond.com"
original_href="mailto:mppascoe@bigpond.com">mppascoe@bigpond.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/"
title="blocked::http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/" id=SAWARN1d66fei
original_href="http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/">http://passyworldofict.blogspot.com/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://elearnweb2.blogspot.com/">http://elearnweb2.blogspot.com/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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