english to latin translation program?

Question

where can i download a english to latin translation program?

Answer 1

There are some online translators for Latin, but the best is next to worthless. None of the translators for Latin online nor ant downloadable ones give anything close to a decent translation going either way. There are too many instances where you must know the context before choosing one of the four or five possible word choices. Other problems seem to arise from the high degree of inflection in Latin - the translators just do not seem to get case and number right, and the verbs are just as bad, especially the subjunctive. Seems like the translators assume all is indicative. This is probably compounded by Latin's lack of rigid word order.

The net result is you get a bunch of nouns and verbs that may or may not be in context, and you still don't know who did what with which to whom when.

A better approach would be to use a word translator tha tletes you enter a word and then shows you the choices. One of the best is :

http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe


If this helps, there is a downloadable version. Search for 'Latin dictionary ' and look for 'Words'

Answer 2

You can't. All the so-called translation sites are useless, or worse. In an medium or long English sentence, they couldn't really tell whether "love" was used a verb or a noun. They often can't tell that some word is an adjective, and will put in its translation as a verb or a noun instead. English is just too difficult for them. Make friends with the priest at your local Roman Catholic church instead. I don't go much for their religion, but I admire their Latin.

Answer 3

This is an on-line application:
http://www.lingvozone.com/

Good luck!