Re: Automated Translation services? know of any?

Try this one. Have never used it but came across it just today:
http://www.freetranslation.com/

>Does anyone know of any way to automatically translate Russian and German
>text files?
>
>We (i.e. my client) have emails sent to us by business partners frequently,
>and not always in English.  We dont speak Russian and German (yes, a failing
>in our education definitely, but we have to work with what we have not what
>we wish) and it's getting expensive and time consuming sending these to a
>pay-translation service or to the embassy to be translated.   The email
>arrives in minutes, then it can take 3 - 4 days to get it translated.
>
>Also, there is frequently material in the emails relating to deals that our
>clients don't necessarily want to draw to the attention of their governments
>- like for example "how can we ship it to us so I dont have to pay duty on
>importing?"   The clients don't necessarily want  their government employees
>translating that kind of thing.
>
>So .. what I'm hoping is there is some program or site somewhere, where we
>can just paste this text in and see a translation.  I realise such a thing
>will be very broad and literal, and certainly imperfect compared to a
>human's tranlation but I reckon we can get the gist of the messages from
>such a service (if it exists).
>
>Any ideas?
>
>

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