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Google Talk translator bots - ファブリス - 2011-02-17
Just found this out today. On the iGoogle home page, on the left side there are suggestions to "Add Contacts".
There are a bunch of translator bots there that you can add to your contact list. Works in Adium on Mac. I suppose it works in most chat programs.
English to Chinese Translator en2zh@bot.talk.google.com
Chinese to English Translator zh2en@bot.talk.google.com
Traditional Chinese to English Translator zh-hant2en@bot.talk.google.com
Japanese to English Translator ja2en@bot.talk.google.com
Etc.
Sounds useful, if you don't mind having "bots" in your contact list
Google Talk translator bots - tenaciousjay - 2011-02-17
Google also released a translator app for iOS (iPhone/iPod Touch) that's kinda interesting.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-translate/id414706506?mt=8