SPANISH TRANSLATION

The Spanish Language is the most requested language for translation. In the world there are about 340 million people that speak Spanish as their native language. In the United States the number of Spanish speaking people has grown dramatically over the past 10 years.

When working with translation software you will need to understand there are many different Spanish dialects, Mexican Spanish, Puerto Rican Spanish, Latin American Spanish and more. All of the translation software below can do these different dialects even though there are some differences in dialect the majority of the language is the same. Also with the more professional versions of translation software you can add terms to a customer dictionary and modify the translation to the dialect you need.

If you speak English you already know about dialects, think of the difference between American English and British English. You can easily pick up a paper in either country and understand it but some words will be a little different.

When translating Spanish you will notice many of the Spanish letters have accent marks over them. If you need to type in Spanish you can change the set up of Microsoft Windows to allow you to type these accents, check out the language settings under your control panel for more information.

Translation software is an excellent solution for communicating in Spanish, from personal to the most technical business translations.

SPANISH TRANSLATION SOFTWARE

Systran - Spanish Translation Software

Systran has been a leader in the development of translation technology for over 30 years. Professionally Translate documents, PDF, Word, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, web pages, Email, Chat and more. This translation software is used by the U.S. Government, FBI, CIA, Department of Defense, NASA, Fedex, Google, Commission of the European Communities, United Nations and more. Translate 36 language pairs. Learn More - Systran Products

LEC - Spanish Translation Software

Logo Media's Translate translation software by is an outstanding source for quality, affordable language translation software. This translation software translates documents, websites, e-mails and more, to/from English and the major European and Asian languages. LEC desktop software is used by more than 3 million customers worldwide to quickly and economically translate projects. Learn More - LEC Products

Spanish Translation Dictionary (Speech Enabled)
	Talking Dictionary Collins Bilingual Talking Dictionary is an electronic version of a well-known Collins Spanish-English & English-Spanish translation dictionary. This software is a handy addition for anyone working with translation software or learning a new language. Hear words pronounced with advanced speech capabilities. Learn More - Spanish Translation Dictionary

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Spanish Language and Gender

Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine. Some nouns that refer to people use the same form for both masculine and feminine. These nouns indicate gender by the article (el or la).

Masculine nouns - Usually if the noun ends in a consonant, -o, -i, -u, or -e, it is masculine. Feminine nouns - Usually if the noun ends in -a, -ad, -ión, or -bre or nouns describing quality, it is feminine.

There are exceptions - but knowing this rule will help you when using translation software.

Spanish Accents
The Spanish language uses the Roman alphabet with the added symbols, ch, ll, ñ, and rr . The tilde (˜) placed over the n ( ñ ) indicates the pronunciation ni, as in English pinion. The acute accent (´) is used to make clear which syllable of a word is to be stressed when the regular rules of stress are not followed. The acute accent is also employed to distinguish between homonyms, as in sé ( “I know” ) and se ( “self” ).

Spanish Dialects
There are a number of Spanish dialects. The accepted Standard Dialect for Spanish to English Translation is Castilian. Translation Software uses this Spanish standard dialect for the Spanish to English translation.

There are several important differences in pronunciation between Castilian and major dialects of Latin American Spanish. In the former, c before e and i, and z before a, o, and u, are pronounced th, as in English think ; in the latter, they are sounded as s in English see.

Also the alphabetical symbol ll in Castilian is pronounced as lli in English billion ; but in Latin American Spanish, as y in English you. Overall the differences between the Spanish dialects of Europe and of Latin America with reference to pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar are relatively minor so if you translate Spanish to English with the software usually a person that speaks Spanish or English can understand the minor differences.

Typing in Spanish
If you need to type Spanish characters with your regular keyboard you can do it easily using ASCII characters, look at this Type Spanish Keyboard Accents chart to learn more. There are also accents in MS Word, Keyboard layouts and software that help you to type in french.