How about trying to search for a subject across multiple languages? Google is trying out a new tools that does just this. It allows people to find results on websites in languages other than their primary native languages. What if I want to find out about “resort towns in Spain”? Google will then automatically translation my search term, scour the internet for websites in Spanish, and then give me the original and the translated results of my search. Or if you don’t speak English, you can search in your native language for “restaurante de los mariscos de Chicago” and it will tell you go check out Catch 35 - an excellent restaurant. Check it out.

Of course we need to forgive it for it’s machine based and imperfect translations. However, it’s a potentially useful and interesting tool.

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