# On-line Latin/English translators **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-line-latin-english-translators/30523 "2000-08-23T23:33:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-line-latin-english-translators/30523/1 "2000-08-23T23:33:45Z")
There are plenty of “live” language translators/dictionaries on-line (babelfish et al), but what about sites for the famous dead language? I’ve searched, but never found one–only folks who will translate stuff for you (for a fee). I don’t want to bother dealing with humans. Give me a cold machine. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-line-latin-english-translators/30523/2 "2000-08-23T23:51:17Z")
Here is a little shareware proggie you can download. [http://www.quicklatin.com/](http://www.quicklatin.com/) ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-line-latin-english-translators/30523/3 "2000-08-24T14:30:44Z")
I’ve got a Mac. Thanks, though–I may have my friend try it out. ---
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-line-latin-english-translators/30523/4 "2000-08-24T15:49:00Z")
they’re not all latin translators but this is the Latin section from my bookmarks file - they are all online sources, so Mac/linux/whatever won’t make a difference. [http://oufcnt3.open.ac.uk/Login/OUSA%20Latin/www.perseus.tufts.edu/indexPlain.html](http://oufcnt3.open.ac.uk/Login/OUSA%20Latin/www.perseus.tufts.edu/indexPlain.html) [http://www.hut.fi/~jkorpela/Latin.html](http://www.hut.fi/~jkorpela/Latin.html) [http://www.calliope.free-online.co.uk/](http://www.calliope.free-online.co.uk/) [http://www.mepl.co.uk/index2.shtml](http://www.mepl.co.uk/index2.shtml) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/lexica.html](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/lexica.html) [http://www.nando.net/toys/cyrano.html](http://www.nando.net/toys/cyrano.html) [http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joelja/aeneid.html](http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joelja/aeneid.html) [http://vergil.classics.upenn.edu/workspace/display\_frame.html](http://vergil.classics.upenn.edu/workspace/display_frame.html) [http://www.csbsju.edu/library/internet/latin.html#ln](http://www.csbsju.edu/library/internet/latin.html#ln) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/enggreek?lang=Latin&lookup=frog&type=begin&options=Sort+Results+Alphabetically&author=\*Roman&.submit=Do+Search](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/enggreek?lang=Latin&lookup=frog&type=begin&options=Sort+Results+Alphabetically&author=*Roman&.submit=Do+Search) [http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search/ukie?p=latin+dictionary&y=y](http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search/ukie?p=latin+dictionary&y=y) [http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world\_literature/virgil.html](http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world_literature/virgil.html) [http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world\_literature/virgil.html](http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world_literature/virgil.html) [http://vergil.classics.upenn.edu/workspace/display\_frame.html](http://vergil.classics.upenn.edu/workspace/display_frame.html) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/latin\_TOC.html](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/latin_TOC.html) [http://virgil.org/links/](http://virgil.org/links/) [http://promo.net/pg/pgframed\_index.html](http://promo.net/pg/pgframed_index.html) [http://promo.net/pg/pgframed\_index.html](http://promo.net/pg/pgframed_index.html) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=catul.+2&vers=latin;merrill&browse=1](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=catul.+2&vers=latin;merrill&browse=1) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/latin\_TOC.html#Catullus](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/latin_TOC.html#Catullus) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=verg.+a.+1.1&vers=latin;greenough](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=verg.+a.+1.1&vers=latin;greenough) [http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Virgil.html](http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Virgil.html) [http://vergil.classics.upenn.edu/workspace/display\_frame.html](http://vergil.classics.upenn.edu/workspace/display_frame.html) [http://www.rktekt.com/ck/](http://www.rktekt.com/ck/) [http://www.togatees.com/index.html](http://www.togatees.com/index.html) [http://www.trh.bc.ca/latin.html](http://www.trh.bc.ca/latin.html) [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/literaturelinks.html](http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/literaturelinks.html) [http://uk.ink.yahoo.com/bin/query\_uk?p=latin+sayings&b=21&hn=10&hc=0&hs=1](http://uk.ink.yahoo.com/bin/query_uk?p=latin+sayings&b=21&hn=10&hc=0&hs=1) [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/literaturelinks.html](http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/literaturelinks.html) [http://www.novaroma.org/camenaeum/](http://www.novaroma.org/camenaeum/) [http://www.novaroma.org/main.html](http://www.novaroma.org/main.html) [http://www.trh.bc.ca/taglines.html#tough](http://www.trh.bc.ca/taglines.html#tough) [http://www.kv5.com/intro.html](http://www.kv5.com/intro.html) [http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/) [http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/resources.html](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/resources.html) [http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/frivs/frivolities.html](http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/frivs/frivolities.html) [http://kufacts.cc.ukans.edu/ftp/pub/history/Europe/Medieval/aids/latwords.html](http://kufacts.cc.ukans.edu/ftp/pub/history/Europe/Medieval/aids/latwords.html) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Latin&lookup=ten&type=exact](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Latin&lookup=ten&type=exact) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Greek](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Greek) [http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lit.html](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lit.html) [http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Latin.html](http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Latin.html) [http://www.animaleyecare.com/for.htm#Vision](http://www.animaleyecare.com/for.htm#Vision) [http://www.webcom.com/~gnosis/lillith.html](http://www.webcom.com/~gnosis/lillith.html) [http://www.ancientsites.com/~QuintusCinna\_Cocceius/Rome/Senate/](http://www.ancientsites.com/~QuintusCinna_Cocceius/Rome/Senate/) [http://www.cyberdrive.net/~ckawalek/LatSayings.html](http://www.cyberdrive.net/~ckawalek/LatSayings.html) sorry if it’s horrendously long, but some of the others may interest you anyway if you are interested in Latin/Greek. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-line-latin-english-translators/30523/5 "2000-08-24T15:57:53Z")
You are probably better off asking someone around here to do a little translating for you. Translation programs for classical languages are generally terrible. What kind of material are you dealing with? Virtually all literary Latin has already been translated, so it is just a matter of finding the correct volume. MR