A discussion about translation services, translators, and translation software

I imagine you're talking about weightier tomes than the ones I tend to buy (I'm more of a language geek than a proper translator...)

But I am afflicted with a dictionary addiction. I can rarely walk out of a bookstore without at least a pocket-sized bilingual dictionary between English and... well, some language for which I have no need of a dictionary whatsoever. ☺

Maven Note: Yeah, I know what you mean. I finally gave my Hawaiian-English dictionary to a Hawaiian friend as a gift. I've never been there and have no occasion to use the dictionary. But the "weightier tomes" are harder to part with because of their great potential utility.

I'm not sure if it's more the inner linguist or the inner packrat, but my quadlingual family has a BIG chunk of its bookcases devoted to the dictionaries that don't fit in the office...

Maven Note: You just never know when that book of Danish phrases my come in handy, no?