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Communicating in Other Languages-It's All Greek To Me! The Internet makes the world a small place. In seconds you can send an email around the world. You can see a web page in France almost as fast as you can type the web address. Now, if only you could speak 12 or 13 languages so you could read some of those web pages.
If you need to translate a few words from one language to another you
might want to visit the Language Dictionaries and Translators website. 
You'll find dictionaries that will translate from an amazing number of
languages. Select the languages and type the word. If you need to
translate more than just a word (maybe a sentence or a paragraph), you might want to visit Alta Vista's Translations page. It's incredible! You can type in full paragraphs of text and it will translate them into another language for you.
It will even translate web pages into your language. You simply type the web address (URL) and tell it what language to translate to and from and amazingly enough, the web page is displayed in another language. The translation won't likely be perfect, but it's a start. Yes, the wired world is truly getting smaller!

Email Signature Files Explained: When most businesses send a paper letter to somebody they use letterhead. Letterhead usually has the company logo, the address and phone number printed at the top or the bottom of the sheet of paper.
Whether you own a business or not, you may wish to do something
similar in your emails. Perhaps you would like to include your name
and email address in each message you send, or you might want to
include the address of your webpage. Some people even like to include their favorite quote or poem.
There really isn't a standard way of doing letterhead on an email.
Although some email programs have created ways of simulating
stationary or letterhead, we recommend that you not use them. They
are not standard and only people using the same email program as you
will be able to see your stationary/letterhead.
There is a standard way however, of including any information you think is important. It's called a "Signature File" and it's about the closest thing to letterhead in the Internet world. Once your signature file is set up, your email program will automatically add whatever you've added to this file to the bottom of each email.
If you own a business, you may want a signature file like the one below, to the bottom of each email you send:
Gary L. Ray
armwrestling-supersite.com
Houston, Texas 77092
713-263-0775
armbender@ev1.net
Again, if the above was your signature file, your email program would
automatically add it to the bottom of every email you sent. If you just
wanted a personal signature file, you could create something like this:
Jane Doe
jane.doe@domain.com
"You can tell the quality of a person by how they treat people
they don't need." - unknown
If you'd like to create your own signature file, open up your email
program (you're probably using it right now to read this email) and
execute the instructions below.
For Outlook Express:
- Click on the "Tools" menu at the top of the window.
- Click on the "Stationery" option.
- Click on the "Signature" button in the lower-right area.
- Place a check mark in the box beside "Add this signature ..."
- Type your message in the text box.
- When you're happy with your message, click the "OK" button.
- On the "Signature" screen click the "Apply" & "OK" buttons.
For Netscape Communicator:
- Click on the "Edit" menu at the top of the window.
- Click "Preferences" at the bottom of the menu.
- A window will open showing the categories on the left side.
- Click on the plus symbol (+) to the left of "Mail & Groups". If the plus
symbol isn't displayed, skip to the next step.
- Underneath "Mail & Groups" you will click on "Identity".
- Click on the "Edit Card" button. Fill in the info you wish.
Communicator doesn't have a free text area for you to type a custom
signature (see below).
If your email program doesn't have a text area for you to type your
custom signature info, it will usually allow you to create a separate text file and save it on your hard drive. You can then tell your email program to add the contents of your text file at the bottom of each email. If you're not sure how to do this, click on the "Help" menu at the top of your email program and look in the index for "signature".
And finally, if you're looking for witty sayings and slogans to add to your signature file, visit Coolsig.com for a sampling of over 2000 signature files.