[opensource-dev] in-viewer translation is dead soon.

[Daniel]

The problem as pointed out by Tateru Nino on her blog is that Google is 
huge, and their
users will "fail over" to other services like you are suggesting, 
causing them to get overloaded
also.  In that case, they may also decide it is too expensive to stay 
open, causing a chain
reaction.

Note that Google is not closing off all translation services.  They are 
moving to using the
Translate Element within web pages ( 
http://translate.google.com/translate_tools ).  I assume
the reason is a freestanding translator page does not bring in any 
revenue, while a web page element
on pages that carry their adsense ads increases how many of their ads 
can be read by people around
the world (ie makes money for them).

The question is can you incorporate that web element as a substitute for 
what you are using now?

> From: "Philippe (Merov) Bossut"<merov at lindenlab.com>
> Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] in-viewer translation is dead soon.
>
> Hi,
>
> It shouldn't be too hard to substitute with another service. Someone has an
> alternative service to propose?
>
> Cheers,
> - Merov
>