ANyone know of an English to Japanese translator

[bif]

That translates into the western alphabet?

[HopeHoops]

1. Hmm. Phonetic. Well, that rules out BabelFish.

[bif]

2. Exactly.

Actually, there's a name for it. If I knew that it might be easier to find.

[HopeHoops]

3. "roomaji"?

[HopeHoops]

4. Here - try this link.

http://www.dicts.info/dictionary.php?l1=English&l2=Japanese_Romaji

[bif]

5. Found one

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html

[HopeHoops]

6. Try the one I posted just above yours. It comes up with a SHITLOAD of hits.

For example, type in "cat" in both. Freedict correctly returns the one word. Dicts.info comes back with that (with alternate options) and a whole list of related terms like "cat burglar", etc.

Phonetic translation isn't always all that accurate, but it is generally good enough to get by with.

[bif]

7. Thanks all.

I knew I could count on you guys. Gotta love DU! What a great site.

[AnneD]

8. My husband....

I use to carry translators and dictionaries when I traveled but once I married him, it became a redundant appliance. The guy speaks Hindi, Urdu, Japanese, Russian, German, Chinese, Arabic, English, and I don't know how many other Indian dialects. He is the verbal equivalent of a Swiss Army knife-deluxe model. I can loan him out to you but I want him back.