Google Language Tools

Occasionally, I get an e-mail message from someone in another language, or I stumble onto a web site that I can't read, because of the language. When this happens, I turn to Google Language Tools.

The Google Language Tools web page attempts to automatically translate between several European languages, with recent asian languages that are currently in Beta. You can easily translate a phrase or series of sentences, or you can translate an entire web site.

So, the next time you don't understand something you read, try Google Language Tools. It's not perfect, but it's free and it's pretty darn close...