At work we need to get papers and technical manuals translated quite often
but luckily we're based in a city full of foreign students so it's not too expensive.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 22:12, archived)

The last time I used Babelfish
after a web-automated reply from a supplier's query site, it said 'Greetings! We will immediately sit down on your query and talk over it!'

another 'That's Life' moment :-)
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 22:15, archived)

Pfffft.
I bet that gave you no end of confidence in their services.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 22:29, archived)