Those interested in automatic translators will probably find this article useful: How Google Translate works - Features, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent It is about how Google Translate works, and why it usually outperforms other automatic translators. To verify this claim, I translated a piece from English to Russian. The result was not perfect but it was very good. Here is what to do: 1) Go to http://translategoogle.com 2) Specify languages, for example, English --> Russian 3) Paste (or type) the text to be translated. 4) Click on the “translate” button The translated text will appear at once. You can just read it or cut-and-paste it into another document. Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia) .