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I see that Ultralingua has an interesting new product for what they
call "translation-enabling" web pages, which they're testing at the
International Herald Tribune (http://www.iht.com). It allows you to
click on any word in an article and see a popup translation of that
word.
It's pretty cool but not perfect - I clicked on "Guantanamo" and got
a translation for "guarantee". :) Nevertheless it looks like it could
be a handy localization tool for some companies. If you can't afford
to translate your documentation into as many languages as you should,
you could make at least make it a bit more accessible to people who
are reading it in something other than their native tongue .
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