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=Frengly=

[http://www.frengly.com Frengly] is a free and simple web service that offers translations between twenty-five different languages.

==What it can do==

Frengly allows for the translating of text between various languages.

==Use in classrooms==

===Teachers===

* Improve communication within classes, especially if a common language is not shared.

* Teaching materials available to various audiences despite language barriers.

===Students===

* Have notes and assignments translated to preferred language.

* Learning language aid.

==Effectiveness/Workflow==

# Teacher creates lesson package for students in preferred language.

# Students view the lesson plan and highlight with their mouse any text they do not understand.

# Right-click mouse and translation options appear, offering twenty-five different languages.

# Students select one and the highlighted text is translated.

# If a certain language is used often, students can right-click and go to “options” and set a commonly-used language.

# An “automatically translate” option will have all lesson packages and text translated to the designated language without the user prompting.

==Endpoint==

From a computer or any device accessing Sugar Labs, a user (teacher or student) requests a selection of text to be updated by highlighting and specifying the new language. Frengly’s Translation Engine returns the translated text in place of the original text.

[http://www.frengly.com/translationAPI Accessing the Frengly Translation Engine]

<pre>http://syslang.com?src=fr&dest=en&text=Bonjour+monsieur&email=xxx&password=xxx</pre>

:'''src:''' source language to translate from

:'''dest:''' destination language to translate to

:'''text:''' a piece of text you want to translate

:'''email:''' frengly account email, entered during registration (use username for older accounts)

:'''password:''' frengly account password

:'''outformat:''' format of the response [xml/json], not mandatory- default is xml

==Technical challenges==

* Implementation of SugarLabs to interface with Frengly.

* Bandwidth from Frengly server.

* Speed of ISP at user’s end.

* Proper Java runtime engine loaded at from user's end that requires Frengly server.

* Automatic translate option- user preference varies.

:→ User may prefer the option on only set specific pages instead of all.

:→ Whether automatic translate option will run on specified account or specified computer.

:→ Disabling option on specific pages.

:→ Translated language same for all pages or varied.

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-Please document your research example here.
+=Frengly=
+[http://www.frengly.com Frengly] is a free and simple web service that offers translations between twenty-five different languages.
+==What it can do==
+Frengly allows for the translating of text between various languages.
+==Use in classrooms==
+===Teachers===
+* Improve communication within classes, especially if a common language is not shared.
+* Teaching materials available to various audiences despite language barriers.
+===Students===
+* Have notes and assignments translated to preferred language.
+* Learning language aid.
+==Effectiveness/Workflow==
+# Teacher creates lesson package for students in preferred language.
+# Students view the lesson plan and highlight with their mouse any text they do not understand.
+# Right-click mouse and translation options appear, offering twenty-five different languages.
+# Students select one and the highlighted text is translated.
+# If a certain language is used often, students can right-click and go to “options” and set a commonly-used language.
+# An “automatically translate” option will have all lesson packages and text translated to the designated language without the user prompting.
+==Endpoint==
+From a computer or any device accessing Sugar Labs, a user (teacher or student) requests a selection of text to be updated by highlighting and specifying the new language.  Frengly’s Translation Engine returns the translated text in place of the original text.
+[http://www.frengly.com/translationAPI Accessing the Frengly Translation Engine]
+<pre>http://syslang.com?src=fr&dest=en&text=Bonjour+monsieur&email=xxx&password=xxx</pre>
+:'''src:''' source language to translate from
+:'''dest:'''  destination language to translate to
+:'''text:'''  a piece of text you want to translate
+:'''email:'''  frengly account email, entered during registration (use username for older accounts)
+:'''password:'''  frengly account password
+:'''outformat:'''  format of the response [xml/json], not mandatory- default is xml
+==Technical challenges==
+* Implementation of SugarLabs to interface with Frengly.
+* Bandwidth from Frengly server.
+* Speed of ISP at user’s end.
+* Proper Java runtime engine loaded at from user's end that requires Frengly server.
+* Automatic translate option- user preference varies.
+:→ User may prefer the option on only set specific pages instead of all.
+:→ Whether automatic translate option will run on specified account or specified computer.
+:→ Disabling option on specific pages.
+:→ Translated language same for all pages or varied.