hello again carmen i have just tried the translation site and it's not working right now; when it works, it's wonderful! the site address is: AltaVista Translation <http://babelfish.altavista.com/> i will try again later today in the meantime i will add the altavista translation site to my webpage of 'creme de la creme' reference sites as gathered by murray charters and me: General Reference Links <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/pienet/links/linkrf.html> janet the cyber-aunt ------------------------------------------------------------ janet paterson 52 now 41 dx 37 onset [log in to unmask] 613-256-8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> ------------------------------------------------------------