Google Toolbar for IE speaks your language
Toolbars have long been an effective way for software publishers to add
several features to a browser at once, and the Google Toolbar has long been
among the most popular of these. Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer has now
introduced revamped translation tools, giving users one-click powers of
conversion over many languages.
The toolbar now detects the user's default language setting, and using the
Translate button will attempt to convert the page to it. Clicking a link will
automatically translate the new page, as long as its part of the same domain as
the original. Forty-one languages are supported so far, from Spanish, French,
Italian, and German to Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Hindi, Ukranian and
Vietnamese.
Not all words on a page will be translated, but from my tests that seems
limited only to text that's been embedded in logos and other art. If one
requires a lot of on-the-fly translation, this could be a major time saver.
The feature has not been extended to Google Toolbar for Firefox, although
Google said on its blog post announcing the feature that it hopes to implement
it soon.