Pronunciation inconsistencies in other languages

English isn't alone in different pronunciations for the same spelling.  Put the following phrase in the left box at translate.google.com/#sv/en/

Kerstin kör till kören övning

and click the speaker icon.

If you don't know Swedish, you'll be surprised at what you hear.

BTW, the first "kör" should be translated "drives" instead of "runs".

Foreign language spell-checking?

I have been writing a bit of French and Swedish lately, using Apple's TextEdit and Microsoft's Word and Outlook.  I've found that TextEdit will correct my French and that Microsoft's software corrects both.

For example, I deliberately typed "Je ne peut pass écrir français bein" and it corrected my text to "Je ne peut pas écrire français bien."  In fact I had to un-correct the first phrase.

I still have to look up words and grammar, but a lot less than a few years ago.

Oops!  Le spell-checker n'est pas parfait.  "Je ne peux pas écrire français bien" est correcte.  (2011-03-29)