You can translate your blog into many languages using AltaVista’s cool Babel Fish service.
In a recent comment from one of my readers, he said he translated part of my post into Spanish so more people could understand what I wrote.
His translation kindness made me wonder if there is a more seamless and automatic way a non-English speaking reader could more easily read this blog.
I believe one answer is the free Babel Fish translator you see here now in the Urban Semiotic gutter.
Some of the European translations do not work when you click on the flag to start the translation process but, interesting enough, all of the Asian language translations fire up rather quickly.
Give Babel Fish a try on your site and let me know how it works for you!

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  2. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
    David W. Boles says:

    Hey Chris —
    The Free Translation site looks really good!
    I wish they had an image like Babel Fish I could add to this site that would let readers pick a translation and have it immediately happen. As far as I can see on the Free Translation site you need to directly interact with their site.
    I prefer Babel Fish’s more transparent interaction.

  3. It’s scary stuff kids (& adults) are playing around with. Thank you for sharing about the Dust-off stuff. My 16 year old son died in December from playing a “breath game” that many kids are also doing – from repeated hymlicks to choking themselves to pass out and come to and have a “high”. Our son accidentally hung himself playing this game. It’s been quite tragic and very hard time for our family. Just another warning of yet, another type of death game. Loni

  4. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
    David W. Boles says:

    Oh, Loni, thank you for commenting on my “Death by Dust-Off” story at http://urbansemiotic.com/2005/06/07/death-by-dust-off/ and I am so sorry to hear about the death of your son.
    What a terrible, awful, thing.
    By sharing your story here you have given him life again with us.

  6. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
    David W. Boles says:

    Global —
    I don’t use a banner creator. I make my own banners in Photoshop CS2.
    If you go to a search engine like Google or Yahoo! and do a search on “free banner creator” — and use the quotation marks — you should find some success.
    Good luck!

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