Google AJAX Translation API is a library for translating words or sentences from one language to another using Google Translate database.

google.language.translate(’Beaucoup’, ‘fr’, ‘en’, function(result) {
   alert(result.translation);
});

This Google AJAX Translation API example simply translates “Beaucoup” from French to English. A nice feature of the API is getting the language of the input string and best of all the accuracy ratio of the results.

Language support is limited to the ones in the Google Translate service.

I’m really suprised what you can do with the Wiimote in combination with a Bluetooth capable computer. In my case I just used an outdated ‘I-found-it-somewhere-in-my-drawer’ Bluetooth dongle. After reading a lot of forum posts I realized that my dongle uses the rather well-known BlueSoleil BT software. With a bit of luck you can get it to work within minutes…My advice: Read those tutorials and how-to’s!

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What could be a good start though? Of course, a hello world sample! Nothing is more versatile but static at the same time. As there’s a hello world example for almost every programming language you don’t need to wonder that there’s The Hello World Collection. Have a look. You’ll find languages you’ve never heard before. I promise!

function main() {
    print("Hello World!");
}

Enjoy!