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To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Date sent: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 00:07:50 -0000
Subject: Re: Self-study Italian Programs
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> Does anyone have a recommendation for a good self-study Italian language =
> program? I'm not looking to master the language by *any* means, just to =
> understand the grammar, sentence structure, etc. enough to where I can =
> roughly translate an aria with the use of a good dictionary. I've =
> browsed at bookstores, but all the self-study programs I found seemed =
> geared toward travellers. I've considered taking a college course but =
> would like to see what I can do on my own first.

If all you are looking to do is roughly translate Italian text, then I
suggest you try Alta Vista's Babel Fish. It is a free translating
service. It obviously can not guarantee to be 100% correct, but I find
that it is generally pretty good and you could probably learn a lot of
Italian by using it.

Simply visit;

http://babelfish.altavista.com/cgi-bin/translate?

Type or paste your Italian text in to the box, choose "Italian to
English" on the pull down menu and then hit the translate button.

John