Where to go for English to Portuguese translation

Online web translation tools are increasingly accurate as technology learns to support natural language translations. Google and Yahoo both offer web translation tools. Google Translation has multiple versions, so you can find the best fit for your English to Portuguese translations. Google and Yahoo's free translation services can be used for text which you type in, copy and paste, or enter a web address.

Yahoo Babel Fish

You can translate up to 150 words at a time with Yahoo Babel Fish, which used to be part of Alta Vista.You can use the text toolbox as many times as you want to translate a text. If you want to translate a web page, you can enter the URL address in the box. Yahoo will then translate all of the text on a website. When you use the Yahoo translation tool, you need to choose which language you want your words to be translated to and from. Hence, you can choose English to Portuguese or Portuguese to English. The translations are not done by people, so you will need to make sure that the phrases you are putting in are not slang or idioms. Free translation websites offer good translations, but they are not professional quality translations. For professional translations, you should go to a translation agency and pay for a translator to interpret your document.

How to use Google for English to Portuguese translations

Google Word Translator Another great source for free online translations is Google. The Google Word Translator can work by translating as you type, which is Google Transliteration. You can get quick and easy English to Portuguese free web translations by entering the text into the Google Translate box, either by typing it or copying and pasting the text. Google will automatically detect the original language of the words, so you only need to tell it into which language you want the translation to be made. Google will translate the websites if you paste the URL into the translate box. If you use Google Chrome as a browser, you will have a pop-up option to translate the website from the language which Google will automatically detect into whichever language you select.
After you have translated the text, you can click on the button on the bottom right to see alternative translations. This is useful if there are some words which seem a little off, or if the adjectives and other modifiers are in the wrong positions.