Friday - June 19, 2009

Persian For Beginners  @11:15 AM

Google now offers a Persian option on its Translate page to help you better keep up with the fast-moving events in Iran. I just tried it, and while it is somewhat rudimentary, it translated the first Twitter message I found—"متشکرم اندرو سالیوان برای عط سبز "Ùˆ وبلاگ شما—as "I was not going to protest until I saw that Andrew Sullivan turned his blog green in solidarity," which seems about right. 8