Microsoft invites developers to test Web site translator

InfoWorld | at | by Mike

Microsoft Research this week released a Web application that can automatically translate Web sites into other languages.

Microsoft said its goal with the widget is to provide "useful" translations rather than exact human translations, at least for the time being.

"While the technology is improving month to month, it will still take a long time before it can match human translation quality," the company said on the blog post. "We don't recommend using machine translation for sensitive or highly critical information.

" Microsoft also posted links to information about the quality of the translation and how Microsoft performs machine translation.