They may not be accurate, but still very helpful when you're communicating in completely different languages.

I often converse with people via online translators. It can be a laborious task sometimes but its also very interesting

Here's a great Translator: http://translate.reference.com/translate
They've got a bunch of languages to choose from. I've used it mostly to translate German and French. I find it's pretty accurate.

Its powered by Google. It is nothing but http://translate.google.com/# .