Even if you do not have a Multnomah County library card, you may still search the library catalog. It allows the legal researcher to access documents in the same format as the original document. This is especially valuable for such government documents as tax forms and Federal Register regulations. The PDF format has the same fonts, graphics, colors, etc. as the original document. PDF documents can be searched by text and graphics.
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Machine translation is the process done by computers programmed to consider words, phrases, and grammar. Translations are not perfect but they can give you a general idea of what is being communicated. Some of the languages have more limited lexicons than others so the quality of translation can vary between the languages. Remember that translations on the Web are not confidential . The following services provide translation of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.