>>>>>Is there any way I can translate English into Russian and vice versa within VFP for example by being able to call Babylon software to do this for me
>>>>>
>>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>In addition I would like to be able to convert English character set into Russian character set and vice versa - have done this before but have forgotten how to do it
>>>>
>>>>For your second question try using translit.ru website.
>>>>
>>>>For the first, perhaps automating Google Translate?
>>>
>>>Naomi - thanks for the quick response - how would you automate Google translate?
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>>I have no idea - I think you may want to research if Google exposes API for that.
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>Thanks I'll let you know

Check http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~GoogleTranslater

or better
http://doughennig.blogspot.com/2011/12/using-google-translate-from-vfp.html