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Google Translate does more than before… Google Translate has added three more items of interest: Translations as you type: Type your text in the main box and the translation appears below. Romanization option: the ability to receive transliteration instead. Text-to-speech: Right now this if for English only. For more, check out the Official Google Blog: [...]

The iPhone and the DEVIL in me… Me: I need some sort of PDA. I’m thinking it would be sort of like a walking dictionary, where I can quickly access new Thai words and phrases. The DEVIL in me: Well, you are not really PC, so how about an iPhone? Me: But I already have [...]

Chiangmai University Open Courseware… TCU’s Open Thai Courseware: What a brilliant find by Kokesat, a member of the ThaiVisa Thai language forum! Quoting SoftWater: I don’t think I’m overstating the case (?) when I say this is the BEST beginners material I have ever seen. This is going to be my first recommendation to anyone [...]

Thai 101 and book learning… There’s a whole market for books on how to learn Thai. A given book might promise you that you’ll learn Thai in 24 hours, that you’ll speak like a native – and that you’ll simultaneously cure cancer and world hunger in the process. Chances are, you own at least one [...]

Google Translation goes Thai… The good news is that Google Translate can translate Thai-English and English-Thai. The bad news is that it’s not terribly good. Not shockingly bad. Not frightfully awful. Just not terribly good. But you can make it better. From Rikker: Notice that after you paste text to be translated, there’s a link [...]

Resources for (mostly) entry-level learners… In the WLT Resources there’s a section dedicated to Learning Thai. Some resources are quite brilliant. Others are focused on smaller windows into Thai learning. Below are my personal favourites. Thai Language Learning sites: ITS4Thai Learn the Thai language with the Bangkok based e-learning company, ITS4Knowledge (free and paid). Langhub.com [...]

I absolutely love research. And with the ease of the Internet, I’m the resource queen. In this section you’ll find lists of dictionaries, books, blogs and websites. All focused on speaking Thai in Thailand, living in Thailand, getting around in Thailand, eating in Thailand. Anything and everything Thailand really. Well to a point (there be [...]