Ever stuck typing Chinese…? Fear not, Google has got that one covered (well almost!). I had to type out a flyer in Chinese today for our school, and I was surprised how effective that tool was.
Thought it would take me forever with dictionary tools, I was able to type parts of sentences, think around the Chinese words, and come up with a flyer that needed only one correction!
The added benefit with the instant translation tool is that you get the characters as you type. Of course, if you can’t read Chinese, or don’t know any Chinese, the tool is largely useless as the translations will be … awful. Otherwise, it’s effective for partially competent individuals.
There are a couple of tools that make it superior to Yahoo!’s Chinese Dictionary (http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com) but I had to use both occasionally.