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Lingo Phone by Josh Rubin

Another really useful SMS application, Lingo Phone offers language translation services.

via Emily at textually.org

To use it, just send a text message to +447833770938. Prefix the message with the translation you want to perform. Use the prefixes listed below:

E2F English-to-French
E2G English-to-German
E2I English-to-Italian
E2S English-to-Spanish
E2P English-to-Portuguese
F2E French-to-English
G2E German-to-English
I2E Italian-to-English
S2E Spanish-to-English
P2E Portuguese-to-English

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