There is also a Gmail Message Translation lab which can help you
translate your incoming messages into your language.
For more information,
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-in-labs-automatic-message.html
On Feb 4, 2:54 pm, Chris West wrote:
> Personally, I would first try to copy and paste the link for the page
> which contains the email message if you are reading your email through
> an Internet browser. If you aren't using an Internet browser to view
> your email, you can always copy and paste the content of the email
> into the text box athttp://translate.google.com/. After selecting
> the correct languages, the text should be translated momentarily. To
> send your message, although it may not be very well formed in all
> places, you could translate your English into French by switch the
> languages and then entering your message to your family. Finally,
> copy and paste the resulting French into a reply message and send it
> off.
>
> On Feb 4, 5:31 pm, Connie wrote:
>
> > I get e-mails from my family in France and I can't figure out how to
> > translate them to english, and how can I write them back in French?