please help me

12:18 Sep 1, 2000
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Chinese term or phrase: please help me
i wanted to translate my shirt because its in chinease lettering but i don't know how to get the computer on chinease letters please help
rosie


Summary of answers provided
3Photostat and fax it to a Chinese speaker.
#41698 (LSF)
na +1suggestiona
guofeiy
na +1Take a photo of the shirt and then scan it
Timothy Murton
na +1Try NJStar Chinese Word Processor which can be installed onto non-Chinese operating system
AstridChin
naTake a picture of it with a digital camera and send the electronic file to
Wei Jiang


  

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28 mins peer agreement (net): +1
suggestiona


Explanation:
1. get someone who knows Chinese( better a native speaker) and let her/him read and write down that for you.

2. Take a photo of the characters on your shirt and send a translator( I can be of help.) on this website to tell you the meaning and pronunciation. ( I don't hope your that scanner has Chinese OCR which will let PC recognize Chinese characters.

3. Go to learn Chinese now, but it will take your precious time before you can read it.

guofeiy
Local time: 23:27
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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agree  Chinoise
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3 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Take a photo of the shirt and then scan it


Explanation:
The easiest thing to do would be to take a photo of your shirt and then scan it. Because you will have the option fo saving it as a Bitmap (.bmp) on Microsoft Paint, or as a JPEG anyone you send it to will be able to read it without any special software. And anyone with a knowledge of Chinese will be able to translate it for you.


Timothy Murton
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agree  Chinoise
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3 days 18 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Try NJStar Chinese Word Processor which can be installed onto non-Chinese operating system


Explanation:
An URL to download a trial version (30 days only) is
http://www.njstar.com/

This will work is you know how to type in Chinese. By the way, if you're using AOL, don't bother to try this solution because your machine will crash when lanching both AOL and NJStar Chinese WP at the same time.

Or, you can try to "draw" the characters and fax it to any of the Proz person. ^__^

AstridChin
Spain
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

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260 days
Take a picture of it with a digital camera and send the electronic file to


Explanation:
[email protected]

Wei Jiang
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Photostat and fax it to a Chinese speaker.


Explanation:
I don\'t connect my fax system all the time, you would have to call first.

#41698 (LSF)
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