Adsotrans

This is a humble experiment in creating an online application to support Chinese-English translation. It’s also an experiment in radically simplifying web design, and a good example of the power our new Adso API provides to external web applications.

http://www.adsotrans.com/trans
I’ve designed this around my own needs, but would appreciate thoughts and feedback from other translators. I’ll […]

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There’s a point about a third of the way through The Prestige where we (the audience) are treated to a play within a play. A flashback shows an older magician performing a minor trick involving a disappearing/reappearing bird and collapsing cage. If you’ve seen the film you should remember the twist. If you haven’t you should skip this short review and rush out to […]

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I’ve always been reluctant to promote Adso elsewhere. This is partly out of Canadian-bred modesty (枪打出头鸟), and partly out of the feeling that worthwhile projects shouldn’t have to justify themselves. But it isn’t ideal for attracting attention is one of the reasons I’ve started to blog again.
The major impetus is that people keep stumbling onto […]

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如我们的原英文博客所说，Adso最近开发了一个可以帮助您在自己的页面上添加和编辑中文注解的新功能。想了解这个功能有多厉害？直接点击这个页面的中文文本，马上，您就会发现在您的鼠标下神奇地出现了一个中文自然语言分析系统创造的奇迹.。

同时，您也可以通过点击词语进行编辑，或通过选择新词将其加入Adso的开放词库中。
如果您想在自己的网站添加这个服务,可以通过以下步骤，轻松简便地安装使用本插件：

1）在你的body标签下添加以下文本:
<div id=”adso_tooltip”></div>
<div id=”adso_pointer”></div>
<script language=”javascript” src=”http://adsotrans.com/wordpress/js/jquery-1.2.2.pack.js”></script>
<script language=”javascript” src=”http://adsotrans.com/wordpress/js/api.js”></script>

2）将您需要注解的中文文本如下放置：<span class=”adso”>您所选中的中文文本</span>

用WordPress的朋友可以通过下载我们的wordpress插件自动添加这些span标签。

如果您对Adso 还不熟悉，不妨借此机会试试。Adso是一项由资深翻译人创办的免费国际中英文翻译工具。它拥有仅次于Google的全球第二的非人工中英文翻译技术，一个优秀的英文母语者翻译群体是其背后坚实强大的支撑力量。如果您想体验Adso 的软件和数据库，可以通过此链接下载。

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