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Is there a download or a way to get either XP PRO or the Internet Explorer to translate the writing on Forigen web sites to English? When I first go to the sites I get a messages about some sort of language support, but it dosen't want to work. It won't load or download even after I put in the XP Pro disc when it asks for it. Am I doing something wrong or is something missing from XP Pro with SP1 that it wont compleat the transition? I have been to the Windows site and found no help there. Maybe I looked in the wrong place? or I'm wrong about what I was being offered? HELP. :eek:

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Short answer tied to the thread: XP itself does not translate web pages — its “language” options add fonts, code pages and input editors so foreign characters display and can be typed, but they do not perform machine translation; that explains why XP asked for the CD when visited foreign sites and why ’s point about language support is relevant. Babel Fish (the AltaVista/Yahoo tool mentioned in this thread) no longer exists; modern services have taken its place. (flylib.com)

Practical, up-to-date choices (works whether the forum reader has XP or not): use a browser that automatically translates pages (Chrome and Edge offer one-click page translation), or paste the URL into a web translator (Google Translate) or install a translation extension (DeepL, Google Translate, etc.). Extensions can translate selected text, whole pages, and some (DeepL) offer OCR/screenshot translation for images. These options usually give far better results than the old literal-word services. (tomsguide.com)

If the original problem was the XP prompt that wanted the installation disc: on XP that dialog is installing supplemental language files. The usual steps are Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Languages tab -> check “Install files for East Asian languages” and apply; when prompted point Windows to the correct i386 folder on the original XP media or the system ServicePackFiles\i386 location. If the installer fails to copy files, common causes are using the wrong disc/version or missing i386 files; searching the hard drive for an i386 folder or using the original OEM recovery media usually fixes it. If those files cannot be found, use a modern translator (browser or phone) as a workaround. (docs.oracle.com)

Notes and cautions: machine translation is great for gist and navigation but not for legal/medical/technical accuracy; images and text inside pictures are often not translated unless the tool supports OCR. Also remember Windows XP is long past end-of-support (no security updates) — for reliable, up-to-date browser translation features and security, moving to a modern OS or using a current smartphone browser is strongly recommended. (blog.google)

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Unfortunately, Windows' foreign language support can't do actual translations; it only allows you to view and/or type foreign language characters. :(

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Have you heard of any programs at all out there that might do this or is something like that just wishful thinking so far??

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found something folks might like to

try. this link takes you to a page where you can put in a foriegn web site address and it will turn around and display the page in as close to english as a litteral translation can be. Cool ! ! ! The babelfish site is self explanitory. check it out ! ! !

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The Fish is pretty cool, but he sometimes gives you some pretty amusing interpretations... :cheesy:

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