Appraiser Tech Tip: Google Translate Option

Google recently updated its main search box to translate words between English and nine other languages, including Spanish, French, German and Italian. Everyone once in a while appraisers need to quickly translate a paragraph or sentence. Google's translate is the perfect solution for those of us who are not multi-lingual. It is simple to use, just type translate and type the foreign word and press enter, or type "translate" followed by the English word into Spanish or German etc.

For example you can type:

"Translate Haus" (to get German to English) or type

"Translate house into German" (to get English to German)

Google returns a page with the translation. This simple translation tool will work for individual words and very short phrases. For more powerful translations use the Google translation tool.

Just another useful tool we as appraisers can use when searching in a book, catalog or reference written in another language.