Do web-based language translators, e.g., English-Spanish-English work and how reliable are they?
There are two types of web based translation agencies. 1. Free Web based translation service. and 2. Paid translation service. The free transation service is good for fun and getting approximate construct of the sentence. The free tools are not useful if you want to use the translation in some professional way. On the other hand the paid services are quit useful and work great. Lot of big name companies (I cannot disclos their names) use automated web based paid translation services for maintaining content on their sites.