This is the Top Ten list for the most hated professions in the world. It was a tough list to come up with overall, however for us here at thequickten, number one was the easiest!
Traffic Wardens truly do encompass everything people hate in a profession on a day to day basis. If they are not putting a ticket on your car for parking 10cm over the yellow line they are trying to get you towed for being 10cm away from the curb.
We should protect ourselves from any uncertainty by becoming prepared and covering ourselves with a Health insurance. Health insurance is nothing but a mutual agreement between the insurance company and the insurance; it helps you to protect yourself and your family during financial constrains during any medical emergency. While these days insurance is one benefit which many employers provide to their employees. And one of the most advantageous products which would definitely suit to your needs is that group health insurance plans in which you can choose the corporate health insurance plans.
It is always essential to know the views of the employees for buying the health insurance plan, because it is after all they who are going to use the product and if the product does not cater to their need then the purpose of the product will not be facilitated.
Know about the different types of the health insurance plans available. It is very important that you understand the different types of plans available in the market and then a quick decision could be taken. A network plan allows the doctors to use the services of those doctors who are present within a network. There is service called as fee for service wherein on the selection of a particular doctor the doctor would reimburse a part of the fee. It is very important to find the needs of your employees.
As a known fact insurance premiums are tax deductible components so it is important that you do the tax break up and select the component which provides the best deal.
Do a research on the employees needs. Some of the questions which you should ask the employees about the group health insurance plans; are they satisfied with the current plan? Do they possess any problem in case doctor is changed? Would it be a good alternative if the doctor is changed and this would cause a reduction in the payment of premium? What are more significant regular medical visits or emergency visits? Once these questions are answered it would be helpful and it would also provide you an overview about the different aspects.
These would be some of the tips which would enable you to find the best deal in order to safe and save as well as your employees during the times of medical emergencies as well as the normal visits to the doctors.
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First the good news - Yes it is!! So how can Walmart afford to give away free $1000 gift cards? Easy, they are one of the largest chain super stores in the world. Their marketing budget exceeds most companies total cashflow so Walmart can afford to be generous. What makes this free gift card more valuable is the fact that Walmart offers such a diverse range of goods, from clothing, lingerie and household goods to groceries, car part, camping gear and electronic goods.
To make it even better most of these goods are offered at a substantial discount! Which is fantastic given today's economic woes. So who wants a free $1000 Walmart gift card now?
That's Great! So Is There a Catch?
This is the not so good news. Obviously if Walmart just gave away free $1000 gift cards to everyone who asked, they'd probably go broke!! You will need to do a little work, but for $1000 it can definitely be worth it!! So you'll usually see these kinds of free gift card offers going through third party marketing of survey companies.
The normal first step is to enter your email address. Now that's not so difficult is it? Next you'll need to be a resident in the country that the free gift card is offered in, so for the Walmart $1000 free gift card you need to be a USA resident. And you usually need to be over 18 years old. That's the easy bit over with.
Fill Out The Survey
Part of the reason these companies can offer such high value free gift cards is that they collect valuable marketing information. To do this they make you fill out a survey to find your preferences and interests. These surveys are not difficult to fill in and take about 5 minutes to complete - Not too bad really and we're on our way to $1000!! Now comes the real work. You will have to complete a fixed number of sponsor offers.
For the Walmart $1000 free gift card you need to complete 8 offers. These offers vary and you can select from a whole range of offers. So you can really come out on top here as many of the sponsors offers will give you benefits that exceed the offer of the Walmart $1000 free gift card, and you end up not only getting the gift card for free but also saving a lot of money by using the sponsor offers too. So it can be a win/win situation.
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The Walmart $1000 free gift card offer is one of the best I've ever seen. In fact it's really too good to miss and I'm not sure just how long they can offer this for. So why not take a look at the offer? You have nothing to lose, it doesn't cost you anything and you could get a $1000 Walmart gift card for FREE!! Now that's what I call an offer :-)
Looking for a potential husband - maybe you're looking to improve the one to whom you're married? Perhaps you're a husband looking to improve yourself? Regardless of your reason, wouldn't the following qualities be a good place to start?
7) Handy - Guys, are you handy - what is handy? Handy is when you take action to solve a problem, handy is when you change a light bulb without complaint, handy is when you take out the garbage (your idea, not hers). Wives like for their husbands to be handy - it's not hard, be part of the solution - not the problem.
6) Provision Oriented - Please don't get excited - this isn't about the husband making all the money. Its an attitude to help your wife fill in gaps. She can't do everything - so help her! Is she busy with the kids - give up 10 minutes of the ballgame and clean dishes, fold laundry, or whatever. You don't even need to be all that big of a help - you just need to show you're trying.
5) Humility - Nobody likes an arrogant man - there's no place for it in marriage. Show humility - when you're wrong - admit it and do so with humility. She'll probably be shocked and her reaction might be unpredictable - but inside she'll glow with admiration.
4) Adaptability - Guys, marriage is an ever changing world and you've got to adapt favorably to those changes or you'll find yourself wondering what you're doing and how you got there. If you look closely at your wife - filtering out years of environmentally induced behavioural changes - you'll see that glowing woman you fell in love with years ago. Let me explain further - my love and feelings toward my wife have not changed since the day we married. However, our relationship has changed as a necessity to those changes around us. Time constraints, needs of children, financial obligations, etc. each require a level of effort that takes time away from our relationship. No longer do we have the luxury of hours to spend alone together. You're success as a husband will largely be dependent on your attitude toward the adaptations required by life. Lastly, don't let the tail wag the dog - don't let your feelings toward life's changes affect feelings toward your wife - leave this to your heart.
3) Sensitivity - You can forget what you learned in high school - most women aren't looking for a husband who never cries. A sensitive husband perceives the needs of his wife and looks to meet them. Sensitivity toward your wife will open doors of communication and intimacy you never thought possible. Try it, get that chip off your shoulder and show her some sensitivity.
2) Faithfulness / Loyalty - Show her you're in it for the long haul (notice I said show her). How can you show someone you're faithful and loyal? Do you follow through with your commitments - however small they might be? Are you honest with your wife? Do you keep her up to date on your activities? Do you include her in your world? She's interested - show her it's not just about you - its about her as well and you'll reap the benefits of her security.
1) Good Listener - This might be the biggest challenge for husbands. You see, by nature, men are usually productive oriented and women are usually more relational.Men often make the mistake of trying to solve their wife's "problems". She doesn't want you to solve anything - she wants you to listen (really listen) and show her that you truly are interested in what she says. She wants you to feel what she feels and live what she lives. When you learn to truly listen to your wife and keep your mouth shut - your marriage will blossom.
Giving a speech after 50 years of marriage would seem to be really easy, but expressing your emotions after 50 years doesn't always get easier, sometimes it gets more difficult because the emotion becomes stronger, deeper, and more complicated. Whether you are the husband or wife or a dear friend that would like to make a speech, it can be difficult to find the right words to say that encapsulate a love that has been able to withstand 50 years of marriage.
If You Are One of the Couple
If you are either the husband or the wife, you should thank all of the guests for coming to celebrate 50 years of marriage with you. You should then express your gratitude to your spouse for hanging in there with you for all of these years. Share a story or some feelings with your spouse and your friends and family about a particularly inspiring time, loving time, difficult time, or a moment of levity in the 50 years of marriage that you think is appropriate. You can present your spouse with a gift during your speech as well, which is a great way to end your golden anniversary speech!
Where to Start
Starting a speech can be very difficult, so the best way to start off is with a brief introduction of yourself if you are not the husband or the wife. For instance, you don't need to give your entire background you can simply say, "Hi, I'm Jane. I am a long time friend of Bill and Nancy and am so glad to be here today." This will give the other guests that are at the party some idea of who you are and why you would want to give a speech at all!
What to Say
50 years of marriage, what do you say? If you are married, thank the couple for being an inspiration to you and your spouse. Thank them for sticking together and being two people that everyone could count on. You can tell the couple that you hope that your marriage can be as strong after 50 years as you know that theirs is now. If you have one, share a cute story that you think demonstrates the strength and beauty of the couple's love. You can also present the couple with a gift, a framed picture, or a framed piece of scripture or a poem during your speech. The point of the speech is just to convey how happy you are for the couple for sticking together for 50 years, as well as to express what an inspiration they are to married people everywhere.
How to Close
Closing the speech can be the most difficult part after starting! The best thing you can do is say congratulations and that you hope to celebrate many more anniversaries, and thank them for sharing their day with you. The closing needn't be anything extravagant, and there will likely be someone that will follow you in their congratulating the married couple for their 50th wedding anniversary.
At home or at the daycare, children have physical needs that must be met which contribute to their total well being and comfort. Here are some ideas:
• One of the important physical needs of children is a suitable environment which provides fresh air to breathe, clean water and a nutritious diet. The inhalation of fresh air is essential for good health and normal development. Consequently lack of fresh air can cause poor mental functioning in a child. It can result in the spread of airborne diseases like whooping cough and measles. Homes and nurseries should be properly ventilated in order to replace expired air with fresh air.
• At home the children should not be exposed to paint fumes and dry cleaning solvents, cigarette smoke, chemicals present in detergents, cosmetics, food etc. Likewise, clean water and a nutritious balanced diet are also necessities for the normal development of the child
• Mealtimes in the nursery and at home are a very important aspect of caring for a child. Mealtimes should be set and regular so as to set up good eating habits and food given should be attractive and full of essential nutrients.
• A suitable environment should also provide shelter and warmth for the child. Children should not be exposed to unsuitable variations of temperature. The home and nursery should be properly insulated from wild and harsh weather conditions by providing heating and cooling facilities when the need arises.
• Physical exercise is important. Children should engage in exercises to encourage optimal development of their muscles, heart and lungs. Also exercises help good posture and co-ordination, as well as promoting a feeling of well being. Simple motor activities like hopping; jumping, skipping, and climbing should be encouraged
• Good and healthy habits are an important responsibility of parents and caregivers. Parents should make sure that their children are vaccinated at the right time. Likewise at school a visit from the school's doctor should be encouraged to create awareness
• Safety is important. At home and in school the need for safety should be taken seriously. A fire extinguisher should be close by incase of fire accident.
The physical needs of a child are an important part of his/her development and should be taken seriously by parents and caregivers.
Where are the cutest baby shower thank you poems? Don't you know the best thank you poems lie somewhere deep in your imagination?
Yes, you, even you can write baby shower poems for the guests - the greatest gift to thank for their coming for the arrival of the little one!
And be relax, don't' be surprise, that writing a thank you poem isn't that hard.
You can write a poem to express your appreciation to the guests for the delicious food and punch they brought to the party, for their creativity in participating the games, for their sentimental messages written on the scrapbook, for their help to co-host such a time-consuming party to pamper the parents-to-be.
At least, each guest has done something special for the baby shower and for you, the shower host. So why not use the baby shower itself to be the main topic of your baby shower thank you poems?
Well, since most of the shower hosts are running everything in hurry, to save time, my suggestion is: Seek out some good written thank you poems from internet (of course you must like them first), or you could take a few more time searching through your local libraries and book stores.
Then replace some sentences according to what you want to say, and use them as the verse for your printable baby shower thank you cards.
Anyway, I found there are many cute baby shower poems during my voyages in cyberspace. Whenever I need write a new poem, I just a little of my creativities, a very personal poetry to say thank you is right there!
Since baby thank you poems are usually attached to a shower favor for the guests to take home with them, why don't add something related to the baby shower theme?
One of the cutest baby shower ideas is to let the baby "thank" the guests - thought the little one is still on the way, the party is just for him(her)! And who can't be touched by a lovely baby's voice?
And before cut the special yummy shaped baby shower cakes, add some cute baby shower thank you verses, as the cake inscription, onto the cake to create lots of tears and joys.
How about write with "I want to be a bright child, as smart as I can be. From your favorite storybook, please sign your name for a baby books' shower. Or even write part of your baby poems in backward for a winnie the pooh baby shower. The ideas are endless!
How ever your ideas could be, remember this: baby shower thank you poems are very personal expressions to communicate. Just make a point that you can touch guests' heart in an emotional way.
If you want to have some unique twist on the long tradition, here are array of modern baby shower thank you cards ranging from cute animals to airplanes, baby faces, monograms and more.
Qing and Cindy have also create a cool online community for web savvy Shower hostess to share their baby shower party ideas and photos so that Shower beginners can get inspired from these original party ideas.
During every great depression, or recession there is a modest risk taking investor in each sector of business, that has sharpened his skills for at least ten years before that depression or recession takes place and absolutely dominates and manifest results from a master plan that makes all others in the same sector look foolish and quite simple. There have been the Rockefellers, the Vanderbilt's, and the Kennedys and so on. During the Great Depression there was Harry Helmsley, who took New York Real estate by storm with a quiet and simple plan of small partnerships that grew and grew until he arranged real estate investor groups, known today as Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REIT's. Fast forward to this great Recession or Depression of 2009 we have been waiting to see who would emerge in the sectors hit the hardest, stocks and real estate.
When it comes to taking advantage of the thousands of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac foreclosures due to ARMs loans and Home give a ways, coupled with the massive foreclosures amounting from major corporate lay offs in 2008 and 2009.The New Harry Helmsley of Real Estate Award goes to Kiaron Daughtry founder and chairman of Emerald Waters Corporation.
During the year of 2009 Mr. Daughtry has acquired 34 investment properties, all in metro Atlanta, all at 10 to 15 cents on the dollar of their previously closed sales prices. He plans to hold every last property for at least 5 years and makes sure that every property is refurbished and has a tenant in it within 45 days of purchase, creating a passive income stream that the late harry helmsley would be proud of.
Although Kiaron told us the details of his master plan and how he makes it work he would not give us permission to publish it in this article. He would only allow us to state that each property is free and clear, and bringing in well over $1,200.00 a month for each property (guaranteed funds) and no eviction to date. Besides the phenomenal success in real estate acquisitions, Mr. Daughtry has also formed a Real Estate Investment Trust of his own which he will manage himself personally.
We caught up with Kiaron, known abroad by his last name "Daughtry" this summer after many declines for an interview. "I only trust myself when it comes to handling a four million dollar REIT" when asked about who he had in mind to manage the newly formed Investment Trust. "I mean I have to have a project manager, a budget manager, a rental placement manager, a marketer, a tenant deflector, and some one to think of everything that could go wrong and have a proficient and efficient solution for it". "I can't think of anybody else that would have the drive to consume themselves in it like I do".
When asked about the comparison to the beginnings of the late great Harry Helmsley, he said "nobody could do it like harry and Leona, they were the Jordan and Pippen of the game in the 1930's", "but make no mistake about it, no body will do it like us". We are the best at what we do, so I get more calls for counsel then anything else right now". Then I asked what his best business asset is, and I was shocked when I saw his eyes stare right through me as he softly spoke, "Strategy, when it comes to planning and strategy there's no one walking the face of the earth that's better then me". After a brief pause he continues, "you know it when you look in my eyes, they know it when I walk in the room." Then suddenly the room warms up and he jumps back on to the helmsley's, "just as I used harry as a blue print and imitated the route that he took, there is another pioneer out there sharpening, cultivating his or her skills and knowledge and by 2019, he will be considered THE ONE." Spoken like a true Matrix Fan.
How often have you heard the comment, "He or she is a born leader?" There are certain characteristics found in some people that seem to naturally put them in a position where they're looked up to as a leader.
Whether in fact a person is born a leader or develops skills and abilities to become a leader is open for debate. There are some clear characteristics that are found in good leaders. These qualities can be developed or may be naturally part of their personality. Let us explore them further.
Seven Personal Qualities Found In A Good Leader
1. A good leader has an exemplary character. It is of utmost importance that a leader is trustworthy to lead others. A leader needs to be trusted and be known to live their life with honestly and integrity. A good leader "walks the talk" and in doing so earns the right to have responsibility for others. True authority is born from respect for the good character and trustworthiness of the person who leads.
2. A good leader is enthusiastic about their work or cause and also about their role as leader. People will respond more openly to a person of passion and dedication. Leaders need to be able to be a source of inspiration, and be a motivator towards the required action or cause. Although the responsibilities and roles of a leader may be different, the leader needs to be seen to be part of the team working towards the goal. This kind of leader will not be afraid to roll up their sleeves and get dirty.
3. A good leader is confident. In order to lead and set direction a leader needs to appear confident as a person and in the leadership role. Such a person inspires confidence in others and draws out the trust and best efforts of the team to complete the task well. A leader who conveys confidence towards the proposed objective inspires the best effort from team members.
4. A leader also needs to function in an orderly and purposeful manner in situations of uncertainty. People look to the leader during times of uncertainty and unfamiliarity and find reassurance and security when the leader portrays confidence and a positive demeanor.
5. Good leaders are tolerant of ambiguity and remain calm, composed and steadfast to the main purpose. Storms, emotions, and crises come and go and a good leader takes these as part of the journey and keeps a cool head.
6. A good leader as well as keeping the main goal in focus is able to think analytically. Not only does a good leader view a situation as a whole, but is able to break it down into sub parts for closer inspection. Not only is the goal in view but a good leader can break it down into manageable steps and make progress towards it.
7. A good leader is committed to excellence. Second best does not lead to success. The good leader not only maintains high standards, but also is proactive in raising the bar in order to achieve excellence in all areas.
These seven personal characteristics are foundational to good leadership. Some characteristics may be more naturally present in the personality of a leader. However, each of these characteristics can also be developed and strengthened. A good leader whether they naturally possess these qualities or not, will be diligent to consistently develop and strengthen them in their leadership role.
Barbara White has over twenty years experience in leadership .
Barbara is President of Beyond Better Development, which specializes in
motivation and training in interpersonal skills.For more articles about Leadership visit her website http://www.livingbeyondbetter.com
Advertising is the name given to the process of commercial promotion of goods and services in order to increase its sales. Advertising can be done by means of a number of mediums like television, newspapers, wall paintings, billboards, magazines, Internet, by the word-of-mouth and in many other ways. Advertising informs the buyers about the availability of a certain product or service in the market and encourages them to buy it.
The main objectives of advertising are:
* Increasing the usage of a certain product and hence acquiring more orders.
* Creating new customers and increasing brand recognition.
* To obtain feedback from customers regarding a certain product.
* To indicate introduction of new products or replacement of old ones.
Advertising has a number of uses. Apart from promoting commercial goods, advertising can also be used to educate and motivate the public about non-commercial issues such as AIDS, deforestation, family planning, etc. It is a powerful media which is capable of reaching to the far out masses. Now a days we find many ads on the internet also. These ads in most cases, have been successfully in connecting the user with the information he requires. To prevent complete commercialization of electronic media, some countries have made it mandatory for broadcasters to air some advertisements related to consumer interest. These public advertisements educate people of that country on a number of social and moral issues.
However, some people are very keen on exposing the negative side of advertising. The impact that advertisements cause depends on the state of mind of an individual and his past experiences. For instances, young kids will be easily attracted by the false claims made in advertisements. People are also arguing about the increase in consumption of substances like alcohol and cigarettes after viewing the ads. Excessive advertising has become a nuisance in most cities of the world. Manufacturers easily make false claims about any product and influence the minds of the people. To confront this problem, companies are being asked to withdraw any false and negative claims made in their ads and also being made to pay a fine for these false claims.
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Director Darren Aronofsky has many gifts, but subtlety has never been one of them. He’s at his best when he’s teetering right on the brink of shrieking excess (see: Requiem for a Dream), and viewers who don’t like their drama pitched very high will probably run screaming from his latest movie, Black Swan. Everyone else is in for a spellbinding, wickedly entertaining treat.
Set in the cutthroat New York ballet world, Black Swan is several movies in one: a backstage look at the physical demands of a dancer’s life; an impassioned ode to artistic creation; a trashy mother-daughter melodrama; and a psychosexual thriller complete with raven-haired doppelgangers, lesbian trysts and fistfuls of spiky black feathers. Mostly, it’s an example of go-for-broke filmmaking, and even in the moments where the movie goes completely bonkers, it still manages to feel like a triumph.
Black Swan centres on Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina still dancing pas de quatres after years of grueling training. When her company’s artistic director, Thomas (Vincent Cassel), announces she’s in the running for the star-making role of the Swan Queen in Swan Lake, wiry little Nina begins licking her chops. But there’s a catch. While she’s got all the technique to pull off the prissy White Swan steps, Thomas has doubts Nina can access the darkness required to convincingly dance the dangerous, lusty Black Swan.
One glimpse of Nina’s dreary home life and we see what Thomas is getting at. Cooped up in cramped digs with her head-tripping, smothering mother, Erica (Barbara Hershey, delivering every line through pursed lips and gritted teeth), Nina is a frigid, emotionally stunted girl-child. Wrapped up in her pink floral bedspread and flanked by an army of stuffed animals, she doesn’t have the first clue about the down-and-dirty impulses that drive the Black Swan.
But the taunting, lewd Thomas might be underestimating her ambition. As the handheld camera stalks Nina through labyrinthine corridors, apartments and subways, the lens trained on her grey hoodie and tight hair bun, she could easily be mistaken for Randy the Ram, the hero played by Mickey Rourke in Aronofsky’s previous film, The Wrestler. Like that beaten-down protagonist, Nina will endure physical agony to achieve that one ecstatic moment in the spotlight. Ballet is all she has, and as Aronofsky lingers over her shredded, bloodied toenails and amps up every snap, crackle and pop of Nina’s battered joints, it’s clear she’s willing to suffer for her art.
In the film’s early stages, Aronofsky records the minutiae of the ballet world with the curiosity of a documentarian, pausing to observe as the dancers scrape shellac off their satin slippers or grind their pointes in crunchy resin. But as the haunting opening dream sequence indicates, Aronofsky isn’t going for naturalism. As soon as Nina lands her dream role, the movie morphs into a hallucinatory fairy tale where things go bump in the night, ghostly doubles lurk around every corner and a tightly wound virgin stands poised to go every bit as bananas as Catherine Deneuve in Roman Polanski’s classic 1965 film Repulsion.
Our skittish heroine must battle rivals on her journey. There is a bitter, aging dancer named Beth (Winona Ryder, who nails her brief, neurotic scenes), who’s none too happy about being cast aside by Thomas. Then, an Eve Harrington figure arrives in the curvy form of Lily (Mila Kunis), a free spirit whose effortless moves both on and off the stage floor send Nina into an anxious flop sweat. Lily is an id in pointe shoes, munching on bloody cheeseburgers and pills, goading Nina into adolescent rebellion, all while trying to soft-shoe her way into the role of Swan Queen understudy.
But as Thomas frequently warns her, Nina is her own worst enemy, and by the time she starts seeing dual images of herself in the change room mirror and picking at an oozing rash on her shoulder blades, Black Swan is getting ready to leap right over the top. The movie works best if viewers do the same. Scratch the surface of the script, and Black Swan is a mess of Freudian ideas and 1950s clichés. Treat it as a nutso rollercoaster ride, and it never ceases to astonish.
Certainly, Portman dives in head first. She’s in nearly every frame of Black Swan, and while her buzzed-about performance isn’t all that varied (she basically moves from frightened to more frightened), it is a harrowing physical feat. She uses her gaunt, sinewy body to great effect and registers subtle shifts in Nina’s headspace with only her breath. It starts with the hungry little huff she emits when she learns of the Swan Lake audition, and expands to the urgent, animalistic gasps in the unhinged finale.
Her committed approach to Black Swan and Nina’s masochistic attempts to channel her inner bitch-seductress provides one of the more satisfying ways to interpret the film. Always a champion of old-school actors who live the part (see: Ellen Burstyn, Mickey Rourke), Aronofsky makes Method acting a metaphor in Black Swan, arguing that the perfection Nina seeks will only arrive at the moment when she risks losing herself completely.
This all-in spirit is present in every frame of Aronofsky’s film. The script might be shaky, but as a technical achievement, Black Swan is nothing short of breathtaking. The dance scenes are staged with frantic, gorgeous urgency. From the screeching Tchaikovsky strings to the expressionist lighting to the swirling, intense, pirouetting camera moves, the film puts viewers right in Nina’s shoes.
As both dancer and movie accelerate toward a frenzied finish, Aronofsky’s filmmaking has never been better. Like Nina, it’s creative transcendence he’s after, and he gets there in Black Swan’s finale – a brave leap that is exhilarating and pretty close to perfect.
We here present how Google translate works. If you want to find out how automatic translation works on Google translator, then you will need to read this article.
Google translator is one of many newly design web based translator that uses java script to automatic translate many different languages, 57 different languages to be precise. Google translator cannot only translate words and sentences, but also translate pages, books, and even an entire website.
The build in support for website translation enable people of different nationalities and languages sharing information across the internet.
Machine Translation
To understand how Google translate works, you must first understand how automatic translation works. Automatic translate or machine translation (MT), is one of the major technology development 21 century. It uses computer software to translate one language from another.
In general, there are two levels of translation. First is the word for word translation. Computer will try to match one word from one language to same word from another language. Second, computer tries to recombine words into the language and make it flow more naturally. The second step is the hardest part, because for machine to sound as good as a human, it needs to have many algorithms that people inputted.
That is when the Google translator comes in. Google made its stockpile of information available on the Google translator. The machine translation is done by finding patterns of data of people’s typing on the Google database. While it is by no mean perfect, but comparing with other software, such as the Babel Fish, which uses a rule based system, Google’s machine translation is way superior.
Google Translate
While there are many machine translation software on the internet, Google translator is clearly in the front of the pack. One of Google automatic translator’s clear advantages is the phonetic typing.
Google translator allow user to translate more than just Latin based languages by enabling a web based phonetic keyboard right on the translator. Many languages such as Russian, Greek, Hindu, Serbian, Arabic, and Urdu, have different words other than English, but their words may sound like certain terms in English. For example, the "aap" in English sounds very much like "??" in Hindi.
