does anyone know of if there is a site for translation from medieval english to modern english?

Question

I am taking medieval english literature and am totally lost in the reading. has anyone ever taken it that can give me some tips?

I am reading ab ook called Medieval English Literature by Thomas J Garbaity

Answer 1

Actually I just recieved an email about this last week:


The University of Michigan announces that under new arrangements worked out between the University Press and the University Library, all components of the online "Middle English Compendium," including the online version of the Middle English Dictionary, are now freely accessible without fee, password, or any other impediment to access:

http://ets.umdl. umich.edu/ m/mec

The MED has hitherto been available only on a subscription or password-protected basis, till the Press recouped its substantial contribution to the original conversion costs. This has now been accomplished, and we are grateful for their agreement that the time has come to liberate it.

It was always our hope and intention to open the MED when we could, both in the general interest of public access (to which as a public university library we are dedicated), and with the expectation that open access will facilitate eventual interlinking amongst sibling dictionaries and between MED and other projects (e.g. online editions, which are now free to link lexical lookups to the appropriate MED entry).

The official press release is here:
http://www.ns. umich.edu/ htdocs/releases/ story.php? id=3125

Answer 2

As Mike D has said, there is no such thing as "Medieval English."
There is Old English (spoken by the Saxons), which was what the tale 'Beowulf' was written in, and there is Middle English, which is what Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the 'Canterbury Tales' in.
What exactly are you reading? If I knew if I could give you tips.

Answer 3

Shakespear is modern English. I am not aware of a Middle or Old English translator on the web.

Answer 4

Uh..I dunno if Shakespeare qualifies as medieval english but there isa great website for translating it into modern called nofearshakespeare.com ....

I think they might have other authors too...