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Martin:
There are always questions about what sites offer translation services.  Here is a list I have pulled from some threads.

http://www.linguatec.net/ ....use the "Test For Free" box.

http://imtranslator.com/default.asp ...It will translate back so you can see if it is what you wanted to say

http://qq.bur.st/qqtranslator.php ...This site will write the Chinese Pinyin if you want to try and learn to say the words.

http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php ...It can break down a sentence in Mandarin to individual words, and when you click on the speaker, a recording plays so you know how to SAY the word

http://translate.google.com ...Google's free translation.  Not always accurate, but easy to use

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ ...Yahoo's free translation.  Good to use in conjunction with Google's translation site.

http://www.systranet.com/ ...it is the one that when installed will still work with no internet connection.
You must buy that version. But it is free to use the net version no install needed.

Jimmy:
Don't forget to add   http://www.systranet.com/  it is the one that when installed will still work with no internet connection.
You must buy that version. But it is free to use the net version no install needed.

Which one is the best you ask? Well like women they are all different. Try them all and choose your own favorite.  Not a bad idea to bookmark all of them.
I have used all of them. And still use different ones for the different applications I have need of one.

Pineau:
I just read about this translation tool for your iPhone.  http://ht.ly/3asl1
Dictionary and phrasebook provide questions, requests and complaints for nearly every type of daily situation. Different from other phrasebook apps, yochina lets the user complete phrase patterns so that the number of producible sentences goes into the millions. The Chinese sentences are presented in writing, as speech and in the official transliteration Pinyin. Translations are always correct and appropriate for the specific situation.

Anyone got an iPhone?  Maybe give it a try and report back to the forum.

Pineau:
Yesterday I downloaded a free application from google into my Samsung Captiva (Galaxy S) cell phone. It is a translate anylanguage to anyotherlanguage application. Here is the cool part. You can ask a question or speak a phrase into the phone in English and it will translate what you just said into Chinese characters and pinyin and if you want,  speak back the translation to you. You can then send the translation in a text message or email. This is a cool application for any phone using the Android OS. Amazing technology, it just keeps getting better, and it was free. I also put QQ on it so I can send QQ messages from the supermarket if I need to. 

David S:
This site is not so much for translation, more of a dictionary.  The thing I like about it is if you see a Chinese character you don't know, you can draw it out, it will interpret it and you select the character and then it will give you the meaning.  Very cool and fun.

http://www.nciku.com/

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