phred,
I've found you can go to
http://uk.altavista.com/trns
as a babelfish-type translator. If you then open a new window, you can copy-paste text in to the translation window.
Or, choose the option "translate entire website", choose your languages from and to, and paste/type in a URL.
It doesn't seem to slow you down, and has worked across all pages I've tried.
They cover Chinese, if that's the language.
Should you need to get "Foreign Character Fonts", Microsoft offer a free support service for downloading various languages on their site.
lightlover