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Translation asked Spanish?

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Can somebody tell me please what the following means in English?

compuesta por Henri Herz

Is it composed by Henri Herz or dedicated to Henri Herz?

Thanks in advance
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It means 'composed by' (from the verb componer) - 'dedicated to' would most likely be simply written as 'a'.
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Google also has a pretty descent translator for free. I've used it several times with good results.
Just google: google translate. It has many different languages to choose from.
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I really do not think it is "pretty" decent; not for every language.
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jcarter30 wrote:Google also has a pretty descent translator for free. Just google: google translate. It has many different languages to choose from.
Also try http://www.bing.com/translator/ And see if it coincides with Google!
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coulonnus wrote:
jcarter30 wrote:Google also has a pretty descent translator for free. Just google: google translate. It has many different languages to choose from.
Also try http://www.bing.com/translator/ And see if it coincides with Google!
I typed in both the phrase "esto es una mensaje de teste, para testar este tradutor que me sugeriran en lo IMSLP" (this is a test message, in order to test this translator that they suggested me on IMSLP): Google returned "this is a test message to test this tradutor you suggest me what IMSLP", while Bing provided "This is a message from test to test this translator that I sugeriran in the IMSLP". 0/0 until this moment.
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Change sugeriran into sugirieron and try again! At least we've learnt that in English in order to can be changed into to without trouble! :-)
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coulonnus wrote:Change sugeriran into sugirieron and try again! At least we've learnt that in English in order to can be changed into to without trouble! :-)
For "esto es una mensaje de teste, para testar este tradutor que me sugirieron en lo IMSLP", Google gives "this is a teste message, to test this tradutor that suggested me in IMSLP", and Bing "this is a message from test to test this translator that I suggested in the IMSLP"; now Google wins with 1/2 vs 0.
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LucasSACastro wrote: [...] para testar este tradutor [...]
Is the Spanish perfect? Google Search has used us to servers that are tolerant to mistakes :-)
Perhaps translators don't have such abilities!
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coulonnus wrote:
LucasSACastro wrote: [...] para testar este tradutor [...]
Is the Spanish perfect? Google Search has used us to servers that are tolerant to mistakes :-)
Perhaps translators don't have such abilities!
OK, I apologize; I'm not a native Spanish-speaker. I am from Brazil, and my "Spanish" is what we call "Portunhol": hybrid of Portuguese ("portuguez") with Spanish ("hespanhol"); also is a big temptation to use Italian forms in Spanish.
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Then try to translate in the reverse direction, correct the Spanish result if necessary and come back to English!
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By the way both translators support Portughese!
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coulonnus wrote:By the way both translators support Portughese!
But only Google has -- though precariously -- the universal language: Latin.
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coulonnus wrote:Then try to translate in the reverse direction, correct the Spanish result if necessary and come back to English!
Each of us can improve his native language! :lol:
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