Automatic Traditional-Simplified converter for webpages

[XiaoZhou]

Hi everyone, I want to share a resource that I just found. I just signed up for the Coursera class 中国古代历史与人物－－秦始皇, but it is from National Taiwan University, and my ability recognize traditional characters is pretty poor. I found the Chrome extension New Tong Wen Tang, which can automatically convert a web page in traditional characters into a web page in simnplified characters. Now it is much easier for me to read the class announcements.

[skylee]

Perhaps you could also share about the course on the coursera thread -> http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/39215-chinese-courses-on-coursera/

[Koxinga]

Or just use Perapera for the characters you don't recognize. This way you're bound to learn to read traditional characters too.

[OneEye]

Yeah, I'll second that. Making yourself read the system you're unfamiliar with is the only way to get comfortable with it, and it will likely take less time than you think. I've had to read a decent amount in simplified recently after not doing so at all for months. I'm still a bit slower at it, but after just a few hours it was no big deal. Though if you don't have the little bit of extra time to devote to it, New Tong Wen Tang is great.

[prateeksha]

Thank you, OP. I have been wishing for something like this for ever.

[Glenn]

I'm signed up for that course too (as well as 機率). I'm in way over my head, but I thought it would be cool to give it a shot. I actually prefer traditional characters, though.