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	<title>Tar Heel Reader - Topic: Reading books in languages you don't know</title>
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	<title>Gary on Reading books in languages you don't know</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m very pleased to see an increasing number of books on Tar Heel Reader in languages other than English but it is disappointing to not be able to read them myself. I&#39;ve discovered that you can read them pretty well using the mechanical translation service provided by <a title="Google Translate" href="http://translate.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Translate</a>. Here&#39;s how to use it.</p>
<p>Find the URL for the book you want to read at Tar Heel Reader. The URL will be the text beginning with <a href="http://tarheelreader.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tarheelreader.org</a> that appears in the address bar of your browser when you&#39;re on the first page of the book. Copy that text to the clipboard.</p>
<p>Now go to the <a title="Google Translate" href="http://translate.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Translate</a> page and paste the link. Use the pulldown choosers to select the source and result language you want. Then click the Translate button.</p>
<p>You&#39;ll be taken to a translated version of the page. The Next and Previous page links are a bit messed up (I&#39;ve got to work on that) but they work. You can click through the book reading each page as translated by Google.</p>
<p>Note, machine translation leaves a lot to be desired but you can usually figure out what the story is saying.</p>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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