OK I've added a new toy to the sidebar -- the BaBeLiZeR. It's still a little rough around the edges and it isn't a very original hack -- I'm sure you can find someplace on the web that does something very similar. It takes a phrase and translates it into 11 languages then translates the phrase back again. The last BaBeLiZeR use shows at the bottom of the BNL left sidebar.

I got the idea for doing this shortly after posting translation links for my wife's blog. The translations give just the barest idea of what her Chinese language posts are about -- current translation technology seems a very hard nut to crack even for big players like Google.com. My hack uses WorldLingo.com, so thanks WorldLingo for not blocking third party queries.

So anyway enjoy. If you're too lazy to think up a reasonable phrase to translate just leave the text area blank and the BaBeLiZeR will grab the current CNN.com headlines and babelize them.

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