Originally Posted by QuiltE
Might I suggest that you be somewhat wary of the auto-translators. They been known to very literally translate things ... and sometimes to the embarrassment of those using it.
This is very true. I used it to translate a letter to my aunt. It's a good thing I had my Mom proofread it because there were a lot of things that were not correct - either not translated correctly, or there was no proper translation, or - the translation was culturally inappropriate as in " in that language, you'd NEVER say that!!