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A crude translator Esperanto To English and English toEsperanto. It works by looking up words in variousdictionaries on the web. It mindlessly translates word forword. (1) First download and install the lastest Java JRE from http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jre.html (2) Using WinZip (from http://www.winzip.com) extract thefiles into the default com\mindprod\esper directory. (3) Create a shortcut setting by right clicking thedesktop and selecting new shortcut. (4) Set the shortcut target to: C:\Program Files\Javasoft\JRE\1.3\bin\java.exe -jar esper.jar (5) Set the start in directory to: C:\com\mindprod\esper (6) Select any icon that suits your fancy, there is agreen star in the esper directory called EsperantaTradukilo.ico. (7) To use the program, make sure you have an Internetconnection then click the icon. You don't need a browser.It runs stand-alone as an application. The translator works quite slowly, especially if you use alot of words that it can't find in any online dictionary.It gradually gets faster as it learns your vocabulary.It is also embarrassingly slow to start. The Java runtimetakes a long time to waddle to its feet. This version does not analyse prefixes and suffixes. You can help the Esperanto to English translation along byconverting verbs to their infinitive -i form, e.g. amas toami and by breaking prefixes and suffixes off, e.g. mallonga-) mal-longa and grandega -) granda. Remove the terminal -nand -j e.g. knabojn -) knabo. In a potential future version this should not be necessary.