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HOW TO TRANSLATE PAGES FROM OUR WEB SITE ALSO, HOW TO WRITE IN NON-WESTERN SCRIPTS IMPORTANT NOTICE: THESE ARE EXTERNAL LINKS, THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE WORLD FUTURE FUND. THE WORLD FUTURE FUND SUGGESTS THESE LINKS AS A MEANS OF PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AMONG DIFFERENT CULTURES. HOWEVER, WE BEAR NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OF THESE TRANSLATIONS, AND TRANSLATIONS MADE BY THESE SITES ARE NOT OFFICIAL WORLD FUTURE FUND DOCUMENTS. A key part of our mission is to create greater understanding among the peoples of the world. Few things are more important than the ability to translate other people's languages. Today's internet based machine translation is not an exact science. However, it is a giant step forward. What follows below are some respected sites that can translate our web pages and those of other sites. SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON INTERNET TRANSLATION We do not use Netscape so the tips here are purely for Microsoft Internet Explorer. In order to read Chinese, Japanese and Arabic web sites you need to use Windows Update and download the plug ins for these languages. After installing these tools, you need to click View and then Encoding in the drop down menu. Make sure that autoselect is checked. IF YOU CANNOT READ THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE CHARACTERS BELOW, YOU NEED THE PLUG INS LISTED ABOVE. The following sites can translate all of these languages. 翻译 TRANSLATION (CHINESE) 翻訳 TRANSLATION (JAPANESE) Translation (ENGLISH) The following site will translate Arabic. التّرجمة TRANSLATION (ARABIC) If you wish to write in a foreign script you can use Windows XP. Or you can buy a program called Global Writer. POCKET TRANSLATORS These sites sell pocket translators using many languages. (We have no connection with these vendors, and in no way do we guarantee any results from them. However, they are an example of what can be found.) Electronic pocket talking dictionaries and translators, online Translation Software & Service Company 123 Language.com - Your Online Language Supermarket Language Teacher Electronic Hand-Held Pocket Dictionaries LANGUAGES OF THE INTERNET Global Internet Statistics (by Language) Internet Usage World Stats - The Big Picture -Population Statistics Open Directory - Computers Internet Statistics and Demographics
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