var fDesc=new Array(); fDesc[0] = "The program's interface is fairly basic but neat and tidy, laying itself out like a word processor except with two text windows, one for the original text and the other displaying the translated version. Usage is simply a matter of pasting in the text (document or Web page) you wish to translate and clicking a button.
Dealing with bigger chunks of text, Personal Translator performed admirably, producing easily readable news stories from a selection of foreign newspaper sites. It wasn't always perfect, however, and it can be a little sluggish, sometimes taking up to twenty seconds to complete a translation (which an online site typically deals with in just a couple of seconds)."; function tShowHide(id, show) { var s = document.getElementById("desc"); if ((s.innerHTML.length<=212 || show==1) && show!=2) { s.innerHTML = fDesc[id]; if (document.getElementById('m1')) document.getElementById('m1').style.display='none'; if (document.getElementById('m2')) document.getElementById('m2').style.display='none'; if (document.getElementById('more_txt')) document.getElementById('more_txt').style.display='inline'; } else { s.innerHTML = ''; } }