Online Translation sites

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Anyone recommend a good Free one?

So its not just me then

agree - gobledigook, all the ones i've found.

i would say mumsnet is your best bet. in fact i've been meaning to ask a question for a while now - off to start a new thread - come over if you are a french speaker please..!

if you only need to work out individual phrases you could also try Proz.com - it's a website for professional translators. There's a section called KudoZ where you can ask translation questions.
Make sure you mark it as non-pro and from a non-member though, people tend to get a bit worked up over these things there...
(KudoZ is actually one giant online pissing contest)