The problem as pointed out by Tateru Nino on her blog is that Google is huge, and their users will "fail over" to other services like you are suggesting, causing them to get overloaded also. In that case, they may also decide it is too expensive to stay open, causing a chain reaction.
Note that Google is not closing off all translation services. They are moving to using the Translate Element within web pages ( http://translate.google.com/translate_tools ). I assume the reason is a freestanding translator page does not bring in any revenue, while a web page element on pages that carry their adsense ads increases how many of their ads can be read by people around the world (ie makes money for them). The question is can you incorporate that web element as a substitute for what you are using now? > From: "Philippe (Merov) Bossut"<me...@lindenlab.com> > Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] in-viewer translation is dead soon. > > Hi, > > It shouldn't be too hard to substitute with another service. Someone has an > alternative service to propose? > > Cheers, > - Merov > _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
