Is it ethical to translate content from one language into another and use it for my site ?
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Furious George
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is it ethical?
no
will you translate it well?
probably not
no
will you translate it well?
probably not
OMGWTFISTHIS
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If you are going to tip-toe around the case of whether or not something is exactly ethical in regards to translating content, I'm not sure if you're cut out. :|
Paranoid Android
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nothing is ethical, but nobody cares, people do this all the time 
Jackmitch
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Agreed. Taking somebody else's work without proper accreditation or permission is never ethical.
Also, unless you translate it yourself, it will come out looking like gibberish. Try out this experiment:
1) go to google translate
2) type down any sentence you like
e.g. Look at all the blue fish swimming everywhere! It makes me so happy to see them all! I wish I did not flush my pet fish down the toilet.
3) Translate to different language
4) take translated sentence and translate to another language
5) repeat step 4 as often as you feel like
6) see results.
Check out the results of the sentence I just typed down from English to Polish to Afriikaans to filipino to greek to english again
"View all blue fish swimming everywhere! This makes me very happy to see them all! It's a shame not waste pet fish in your toilet."
I know you won't be translating it like that but I just wanted to exaggerate my point.
Not really, it depends on what language you translate from and to. Italian tends to translate really well into English.
Furious George
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As long as your actually translating it, and not using a program, you'll be fine. But this takes time, and/or is expensive.
Keep in mind though, a lot of stuff in other countries is not as popular, so you still need to do keyword research to make sure you're not wasting your time.
A good example would be translating the American version of football into Spanish. No one cares about American football, except people in America.
No, it's not ethical though... if you rewrite it a bit, then you're in ethical territory. However, just the basic idea of you copying this and changing it a little to get by could be considered unethical. But who gives a sh!t? Go for it.
Keep in mind though, a lot of stuff in other countries is not as popular, so you still need to do keyword research to make sure you're not wasting your time.
A good example would be translating the American version of football into Spanish. No one cares about American football, except people in America.
No, it's not ethical though... if you rewrite it a bit, then you're in ethical territory. However, just the basic idea of you copying this and changing it a little to get by could be considered unethical. But who gives a sh!t? Go for it.
unclemike
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I have allot of experience utilizing translators and let me tell you that they do not work that well.
Like some people on here have said that yes some languages work okay but others are a mess when it translates over.
If you are serious about this and want to do it right you need to hire someone to translate it.
Cheers,
Unclemike
Like some people on here have said that yes some languages work okay but others are a mess when it translates over.
If you are serious about this and want to do it right you need to hire someone to translate it.
Cheers,
Unclemike
Furious George
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One person could argue that it is ethical, and another person could argue that it's not ethical.
Is translating a book that was written in latin and reselling it ethical? Yes, absolutely.
Is rewriting a book and calling it yours ethical? Yes, absolutely.
Thank you, that really clears things up. I'll just translate the articles and rewrite them. I think that there is not much to do in terms of rewriting after i have translated them. Because after all, i have to use my brain to make them sound in a way that it makes sense, where all translators fail anyway.
Paranoid Android
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is it ethical? ofcourse not, but you could translate it with google and put in a bit of effort to rewrite the garbage that google gives you