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Translation bot!
« on: Saturday 30 September 23 21:34 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I just wondered whether anyone knows if there is an app that works like Google translate but for images of legal latin text from the Tudor era please?

I ordered a document from the national archives that I can't read. I used Google lense to try and translate it but it didn't work.

I tried transcribing the Latin into a typed version of the Latin but it couldn't translate what I thought was the correct letters into English (I guess I misinterpreted the letters) .

I am at a bit of a loss but with improvements in AI I wondered if there might be an app for this purpose?

Thanks and best wishes,
Emma
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Re: Translation bot!
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 30 September 23 21:46 BST (UK) »
You could try this to get an initial transcription:

https://readcoop.eu/model/medieval-latin/
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: Translation bot!
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 30 September 23 21:55 BST (UK) »
You could try this to get an initial transcription:

https://readcoop.eu/model/medieval-latin/

Thank you very much, I will try it now :)
Sweetland (Chard/Yarcoombe/Honiton)
Garret/Stacey (Somerset)
Boultern/Boulton (Reading)
Crowther (Wolverhampton/Wednesbury/Birmingham)
Myres (Wolverhampton)
Palmer (Nottingham)
Cosby (Leighton Buzzard/Woodstock/Kidlington)
Hope (Oxford/Kidlington/Woodstock)
Williams (Yorkshire/Conisborough)
Draper (Bow Brickhill)
Draper Smith (Bow Brickhill/Woburn Sands)
Smith (Woburn Sands)

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Re: Translation bot!
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 30 September 23 22:17 BST (UK) »
There is a special section here on Roots chat especially for this!
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/handwriting-deciphering-recognition/

If you look at some of the previous posts, you will see there are several Latin experts who will probably be able to translate it - so much better than bots or apps!  :)

You will need to post it in bits. You can only post each image up to 500 kbs in size.
Why not post say, the first paragraph or so, and see how that goes.
Lane, Burgess: Cheshire. Finney, Rogers, Gilman:Derbys
Cochran, Nicol, Paton, Bruce:Scotland. Bertolle:London
Bainbridge, Christman, Jeffs: Staffs


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Re: Translation bot!
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 30 September 23 22:41 BST (UK) »
There is a special section here on Roots chat especially for this!
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/handwriting-deciphering-recognition/

If you look at some of the previous posts, you will see there are several Latin experts who will probably be able to translate it - so much better than bots or apps!  :)

You will need to post it in bits. You can only post each image up to 500 kbs in size.
Why not post say, the first paragraph or so, and see how that goes.

Great, thank you very much, I will post now :)
Sweetland (Chard/Yarcoombe/Honiton)
Garret/Stacey (Somerset)
Boultern/Boulton (Reading)
Crowther (Wolverhampton/Wednesbury/Birmingham)
Myres (Wolverhampton)
Palmer (Nottingham)
Cosby (Leighton Buzzard/Woodstock/Kidlington)
Hope (Oxford/Kidlington/Woodstock)
Williams (Yorkshire/Conisborough)
Draper (Bow Brickhill)
Draper Smith (Bow Brickhill/Woburn Sands)
Smith (Woburn Sands)