Today I was checking out one of my favorite technology blogs called Lifehacker and came across an extremely useful article. I have yet to find a good language translation application for my Symbian S60 powered Nokia N82. I'm sure an application like this exists and if anyone knows of one please let me know. Until then I will be using this web application which is a simple website made for the iPhone. Knowing that the S60 Web Browser and the iPhone's browser are powered by similar technology I decided to give this a shot. Cool thing is this website works with most mobile phones so you can spread the word about this to your non-S60 friends. Not sure that the interface will look as clean though.
Go to m.mikebrittain.com from your phone's browser and you'll be presented with the following screenshots. I typed in "What's for dinner" in English and asked for the results in Spanish.
The translator currently supports 11 languages and lets you translate to and from English, Russian, French, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian and Chinese. No signup or login is necessary.
On newer Nokia phones with Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and 2 you can make this bookmark into a shortcut on your standby screen for fast access. This is a great tool for those who are always traveling to other countries and want to try to speak in other languages.
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I much prefer Google Translate, at least with that you can copy & paste into a sms/email/jaiku/etc.. Checkout my tip on howto at http://nokiaaddict.com/2008/05/16/n95-8gb-tip-quickly-translate/
another great tip gerrymoth. that one is indeed better allowing you to copy/paste the text. thanks!
i tried the link you suggested but realise that the page always fails to load completely and then the page closes. Could it be because i am using the E61i with a 2gb memory card
That's why I do not trust free software. Come on, man, you don't appreciate your own efforts or what? I also tried it because I like it when people try new things, but this stuff has a long way to go.
I got one of these at the GSMA this February. You can see it at http://home.interlecta.com