Hi, Shahrukh, I appreciated your post on the bilingual list. I don't know of specific translation software for the UNIX platform. But I recently was cruising the web looking for a more sophisticated English grammar checker and ran into several references to translation programs for UNIX. I think some poking about (I used infoseek) might yield some information - though you will likely have to wade through some near-misses as well.... I think that your scheme for TOPICS is well developed, and that perhaps listing it *at the very beginning* of your list welcome message would help to get users oriented to it. If I were on a similar list offered in both English and French, I would take the option for all translations, so that I could check on translation accuracy... Best, Sylvie McGee [log in to unmask] seattle wa