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quism88  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 00:43
English to Korean
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May 23, 2012

I am a English-Korean translator and I often have problem translating names and pronouns. I try to write those down as close as the original pronunciation but often times it's confusing to me as well...

Is there any website you can write down any names of alphabets and see how it sounds like? I think there used to be a program that would pronounce anything you type in and people used to mess with it all the time but I don't know what it's called.

Thank you in advance f... See more
I am a English-Korean translator and I often have problem translating names and pronouns. I try to write those down as close as the original pronunciation but often times it's confusing to me as well...

Is there any website you can write down any names of alphabets and see how it sounds like? I think there used to be a program that would pronounce anything you type in and people used to mess with it all the time but I don't know what it's called.

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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 09:43
Spanish to English
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BBC website May 23, 2012

There are some game-type pronunciation exercises on the BBC website, or there used to be.
 
Adam Łobatiuk
Adam Łobatiuk  Identity Verified
Poland
Local time: 09:43
Member (2009)
English to Polish
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Forvo May 23, 2012

I hope this will be helpful: http://www.forvo.com/
 
Andrea Piu
Andrea Piu  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 09:43
English to Italian
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Acapela Text to Speach May 23, 2012

Have a look here: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html
 


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