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[threemonkeys]

I just do not understand this one...

item 1 - I work for a bank. It performs lots of international transactions. It is quite common for our operational folks to need to translate various bit of information that they get.

item 2 - the internet gateway at the bank has an "undesirable material" filter. It blocks people from viewing porn or sites with hidden nasties etc.

So when I tried to use babelfish this morning, it wouldn't give me access. The internet filter blocked my access to it. It also blocked access to a number of other translation sites. I and others around the workplace just can't figure it out. It isn't just me either - nobody is given access to these sites.

Why did I want to use babelfish? I needed to set up a user ID on blogger.com to get access to the Phoenix blog. Threemonkeys was already taken (grrr). Long story short - my new user id on blogger is mittsusaru.

Comments

[beagl.livejournal.com]

Because using babelfish to translate english to english means you can use it as an open web proxy to circumvent the rest of the filter?

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of that. However, they do not block anonymizer.com and the like which lets me do the same thing in a much more blatant way - something I have often thought a bit strange. Also english to english is not an option in the drop down to/from list on babelfish.