Newbies - The Answer To Our Prayers - A Real Manual - Page 2

OBarbas · 06-15-07, 09:52 PM

After long searching through the forum I located a post giving a link to a 350+ "unofficial manual" for SH 4 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sear...earchid=165824).

The manual is written in ... German!

But that's no problem. Here's what I've done:

Downloaded the manual from:

http://sh4.wamotec.de/phpBB2/downloads.php?cat=3

Note: to the left of the final download button you'll see a code you must type into a little box (it prevents bot downloads).

Then, run the manual with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 (NOT just the Reader). Select the cursor tool rather than the hand, so you can highlight text.

Then, highlight a paragraph at a time from the text in the manual, Control+C to copy, then go here:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

And paste (Control+V) the German text into the window. Select "German to English" and bingo! a very good translation appears in English, quite easy to understand.

The manual has excellent screenshots demonstrating each step of the process. My compliments to the authors!

AN INVALUABLE TOOL!

Administrators: perhaps you'd make this a sticky?

cheers
OBarbas

06-15-07, 09:52 PM	#1
OBarbas Watch Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 22 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Newbies - The Answer To Our Prayers - A Real Manual After long searching through the forum I located a post giving a link to a 350+ "unofficial manual" for SH 4 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sear...earchid=165824). The manual is written in ... German! But that's no problem. Here's what I've done: Downloaded the manual from: http://sh4.wamotec.de/phpBB2/downloads.php?cat=3 Note: to the left of the final download button you'll see a code you must type into a little box (it prevents bot downloads). Then, run the manual with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 (NOT just the Reader). Select the cursor tool rather than the hand, so you can highlight text. Then, highlight a paragraph at a time from the text in the manual, Control+C to copy, then go here: http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr And paste (Control+V) the German text into the window. Select "German to English" and bingo! a very good translation appears in English, quite easy to understand. The manual has excellent screenshots demonstrating each step of the process. My compliments to the authors! AN INVALUABLE TOOL! Administrators: perhaps you'd make this a sticky? cheers OBarbas