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Instant translation app lets Web sites incorporate multilingual chat.
TYSON'S CORNER, YA. - Firms that want their Web sites to reach out to foreign users should take a look at Multicity. com, which last week launched services designed to help companies communicate with users in languages other than English.
The company's MultiChat product is an application that enables instant translation between multiple users speaking six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Setup is easy - Webmasters can add the chat room to their sites by adding a few lines of HTML code. Unlike other types of chat software, users don't have to download anything - the chat room uses Java applets or HTML on a Web browser to route real-time communications and simultaneous translations through Multicity.com's data center in Vienna, Va. The company says there is little delay for users, even those outside the U. S.
"Right now, we're introducing the concept of instant translation, where in the same chat room you...