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Tongue tied? Try this famous online translator! post #1  quote:



http://babelfish.altavista.com/

I must say it has gotten much better with grammatical & contextual accuracy since the last time I tried using it several years back. Very cool!
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I've noticed that too, it's not too bad now at all.

For reference sake, babelfish is the universal translator dealy from Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy

....erm..... it was HHGTTG right?


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Not sure, but I just saw a HHGTTG movie teaser opening for National Treasure last weekend. Judging from the art in the trailer, it looks like it may be an animated film, but I'm not positive about that.


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in answer to gabo's question, yes the babel fish is from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.


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