
Having fun with machine
translation services is by no means a new pastime. Even back when it was at altavista.digital.com, people were feeding
text into AltaVista's
Babelfish and translating it from one language to another
to another and back again to see what would come out. It's a fun way to kill some time, but why kill time when we can
make the computer kill it for us?
Google
Translator Boomerang is a Windows app that uses Google's translation service to translate your text to another
language (or nine) and back again, just for kicks. It's pretty configurable, letting you choose your languages and the
number of "loops." It's donationware, meaning it's free to use but donations are welcome.