Yes, it should work flawlessly under any JVM capable of running standalone Java applications - that is, the very old JEODEK, CrEme or MySaifu.

I'll try to make a MIDlet version of it.

BTW, thanks for pointing to Google Translate - it indeed is better than and really has advantages over Babelfish:

- it doesn't try to convert the characters of unknown words into English pronunciation (for example, j -> zh (as in JAR), e -> je (as in Esmertec), c -> k and b -> p (as in CAB, CPC) etc.)
- quick look
- doesn't mess up numbers at all (unlike Babelfish)
- doesn't put a . after \ and _ characters.

Note that it seems size restrictions depend on the actual server load. In general, you'll get appr. the same amount of text translated by Google than by Babel (the rest being in the original Russian). You'll, therefore, still want to use my above-released program to "clean up" 4PDA forums.

Of course, it doesn't know, otherwise, grammatically OK, new IT / slang words like "девайс" ("device", written in Russian as pronounced). But that was also a problem(?) with Babelfish.

Sometimes, however, it delivers decidedly worse results - for example, the title "Управление в java-играх (мидлетах). Известные проблемы и некоторые способы их решения" is translated as "Control in java- games (midletakh). Known problems and some methods of their solution" by Babel and as "Office of java games (MIDlets). Known issues, and some ways to address them." by Google. As can clearly be seen, the first word ("управление", which is "administration, governance, management") is pretty much misinterpreted in this context by Google, while well-translated by Babel. Still, the overall presentation uses much better English ("Known problems and some methods of their solution" (Babel) vs. "Known issues, and some ways to address them" (Google)) and, generally, knowns a bit more new words (see MIDlets vs. midletakh. Incidentally, the latter also shows that Babel doesn't even try to sound / look similar to the source Russian: for example, instead of the much-easier-to-understand "ah" ("ах", that is, the Plural Prepositional case in all three genders) postfix, it uses "akh", which is a real pain in the back for people that know the Russian grammar but prefer reading these English "translations" instead).

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