- State College Area High School
- Translation Resources
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A note on Google Translate...
While Google Translate can translate certain words and short segments of phrases, it is NOT a good resource for translating full sentences, paragraphs, or even single words at times. Like English, some Spanish words have multiple meanings, and Google Translate does not always give you the definition you are looking for. Because of this, I advise that you avoid using it altogether. Do not think you can copy and paste from Google Translate to use in your work, because it is very obvious and I WILL know when you do this. This will result in a zero in the assignment, or a redo with the maximum grade possible being 60% of the highest grade possible.
SCASD Translator Policy: https://www.scasd.org/cms/lib/PA01000006/Centricity/Domain/1376/web%20page%20musts/OnlineTranlatorPolicy.pdf
Here are some better resources that will be able to help you out...
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Real Academia Española
This is the official website for the Real Academia Española (RAE), the institution that is in charge of the Spanish language, deciding its rules, adding new official vocabulary, and more. This website is COMPLETELY in Spanish, and is more like a Spanish dictionary than a Spanish to English translator. It will define words and phrases in Spanish, provide the word's origin, and whether or not a word is masculine or feminine.
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Span¡shD!ct
This is my favorite website for quick help with conjugations. It will give you all six conjugations for any verb in any tense: present, preterite, future, and more. It will even highlight the irregular conjugations in red!
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Word Reference
This is my favorite translating website! It is best for looking up single words and the occasional common phrase. This website will also tell you whether a word is masculine/feminine, if it's an adjective, noun, verb, etc.; and usually will give you an example of how that word is used.
