Then you’ll want machine translation (MT) -- Here's the link for a free online translation service, Babel Fish Translation Service (babelfish.com)
In case you’re wondering just how good free translation is, take a look at the results of an experiment we ran on an article titled As Kindle Fire Faces Critics, Remedies Are Promised (Yahoo!, 2011-12-14).
Looks pretty darn good, doesn’t it? And, it’s free to boot!
Of course, if you're Japanese, or fluent in Japanese as we are, you’d contact a professional Japanese translation provider. Let’s continue the experiment to see why.
In the results below, the Japanese text from above is translated back into English. In other words, the translation is simply reversed so we can see the quality of translation Japanese target audiences would see. If machine translation produces professional quality translation, we should get the original English text (or something pretty close), right?
Instead, you get gibberish, as seen by your Japanese target audience.
Many folks mistakenly believe free machine translation is a substitute for quality translation by qualified professional Japanese translators. However, and unfortunately, they don't realize the damage they're doing to their brand. Click here to see some real world examples
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