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Yahoo IM Translator

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the world-keeps-getting-smaller dept.

zivkov writes "AvMedia has developed a translating proxy for Yahoo! Messenger. This HTTP Proxy is a two-way translator which works with your Yahoo! Messenger to translate your typed message into a various languages. It supports English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. The proxy can be used as a personal translator, or as a centralized server, handling multiple Yahoo! IM sessions. The Java source code is available under GPL."

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  1. No Privacy Implications Since It Resides Locally by osewa77 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Cool idea but, wow, that means they'll have a copy of every careless comment you make while chatting. That's one more entity that one has to trust on the Internet.

    UPDATED: I noticed that one can download a local version so this is not an issue. Very nice find and thanks for sharing.
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