# japanese to english translation programs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-to-english-translation-programs/256558>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-to-english-translation-programs/256558 "2004-07-23T18:53:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-to-english-translation-programs/256558/1 "2004-07-23T18:53:58Z")

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can anyone reccomend a good japanese to english translation that will translate to english from japanese in romaji?

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-to-english-translation-programs/256558/2 "2004-07-23T19:10:57Z")

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I’ve often wished I knew of one. ☹

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**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-to-english-translation-programs/256558/3 "2004-07-23T19:11:27Z")

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You could have a look at [http://intertran.tranexp.de/](http://intertran.tranexp.de/)?

I am not sure if it is any good, but the web based translation at least benefits from the virtue of being free.

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**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-to-english-translation-programs/256558/4 "2004-07-23T20:09:28Z")

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[Jim Breen’s J-DIC](http://wwwjdic.eye842.nu/wwwjdic.html) is what I use, it’s free and helpful to me at least. If you email me i would be willing to do translation of shorter bits of text if you wish. Am I the only one who wonders why the pope of hentai would be asking about this?

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**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-to-english-translation-programs/256558/5 "2004-07-23T20:32:17Z")

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actually its because i’m trying to translate an Anpanman nes game into english, i’m having trouble dumping the script, have to pull it out manually, and cant type in kana. thanx for the offer to help though and if i need it i’ll be more that happy to email you.