The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:15:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Persian For Beginners http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/persian-for-beginners http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/persian-for-beginners#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:15:33 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/persian-for-beginners Google now offers a Persian option on its Translate page to help you better keep up with the fast-moving events in Iran. I just tried it, and while it is somewhat rudimentary, it translated the first Twitter message I found-"Ù...تشکرÙ... اندرو سالیوان برای عط سبز "Ùˆ وبلاگ Ø´Ù...ا-as "I was not going to protest until I saw that Andrew Sullivan turned his blog green in solidarity," which seems about right.

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]]> Google now offers a Persian option on its Translate page to help you better keep up with the fast-moving events in Iran. I just tried it, and while it is somewhat rudimentary, it translated the first Twitter message I found-"Ù...تشکرÙ... اندرو سالیوان برای عط سبز "Ùˆ وبلاگ Ø´Ù...ا-as "I was not going to protest until I saw that Andrew Sullivan turned his blog green in solidarity," which seems about right.

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