I finally got around to trying the “Add a Windows Live translate box” that I found on Lester’s WPF Blog, and I was really impressed with the great job they did

Two pane view is quite handy

They realize it’s impossible to get a 100% correct machine translation, so instead they make it really easy to compare the original with the translated view, as well as see which sentences match up. My only complaint is that the scrollbars aren’t synched in the two-pane view, but I suspect that’s impossible to do in a browser. Of course, since I now work at Microsoft, you are now obliged to consider me a total corporate shill for this post.

Update: Doesn’t work in Safari or Camino. Almost there!