I have noticed that sometimes people searching for some kind of translation/übersetzung/prevod, end up at this blog. If you happen to need different kinds of widgets, online translation sites, or even live online translators, you can find all of these on this lovely onlinetranslato.rs site. Here comes an additional exercise about this topic, where you can simply add a missing word which will be one of the verbs 'to have = imati' or 'to be= biti' in the Simple Present tense:

Ovaj sajt _______ četiri različite stranice. Prva________ početna stranica na kojoj se nalaze objašnjenja i linkovi (veze). Na drugoj stranici, koja se zove 'Prevodioci i Tumači ', (vi) _______ brojne linkove ka raznim prevodilačkim udruženjima. Treća stranica ________ verovatno ono što vas najviše interesuje - onlajn sajtovi za prevođenje, počev od GOOGLE prevodioca, BABYLONa, do SYSTRANa. Četvrta stranica ____________ brojne 'widget'-e, ili programčiće koji kada se umetnu na jednu stranicu omogućavaju da se ona prevede na bilo koji jezik.



An online translator can suggest a direction, but context, case endings and human judgement must decide the final Serbian sentence. Begin with Program nije prepoznao šaljivi izraz.; its scene gives the new language somewhere concrete to stand.

Build around the hidden rhythm in onlinetranslators

An online translator can suggest a direction, but context, case endings and human judgement must decide the final Serbian sentence. Compare the five examples for meaning before analysing their forms. In Pogrešan padež menja značenje cele poruke., identify the word that carries the central idea; then notice how the remaining words make its person, place or time precise.

Five sentences that belong only to onlinetranslators

LatinicaĆirilicaEnglish
Program nije prepoznao šaljivi izraz.Програм није препознао шаљиви израз.The program did not recognise the humorous expression.
Proveravam prevod u dva različita izvora.Проверавам превод у два различита извора.I check the translation in two different sources.
Pogrešan padež menja značenje cele poruke.Погрешан падеж мења значење целе поруке.The wrong case changes the meaning of the whole message.
Kratka rečenica ponekad ima tri prevoda.Кратка реченица понекад има три превода.A short sentence sometimes has three translations.
Posle automatskog prevoda čitam tekst naglas.После аутоматског превода читам текст наглас.After machine translation I read the text aloud.

From Proveravam prevod u dva različita izvora. to independent speech

Read Posle automatskog prevoda čitam tekst naglas. once as a statement with real intention. Next, change the subject or time phrase and repair every form affected by that choice. Finish by linking your new sentence to Proveravam prevod u dva različita izvora. in a two-line exchange that could genuinely happen.

A five-step challenge shaped by Pogrešan padež menja značenje cele poruke.

  1. Give the English meaning of Program nije prepoznao šaljivi izraz..
  2. Reconstruct in Serbian: “I check the translation in two different sources.”
  3. Write Pogrešan padež menja značenje cele poruke. in Cyrillic.
  4. Change one grammatical detail in Kratka rečenica ponekad ima tri prevoda..
  5. Ask a natural question that could produce Posle automatskog prevoda čitam tekst naglas. as an answer.

Answers waiting beyond Kratka rečenica ponekad ima tri prevoda.

  1. The program did not recognise the humorous expression.
  2. Proveravam prevod u dva različita izvora. / Проверавам превод у два различита извора.
  3. Погрешан падеж мења значење целе поруке.
  4. More than one answer is possible; all connected forms must remain in agreement.
  5. Questions vary, but the final Serbian sentence must answer them naturally.