Another alternative to a plugin is to use an online translation web page.
I started making an alias file that could be used to launch google translation page, but never got around to finishing it. anyone feel like completing this alias file:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!-- This file defines aliases for use by the Find and Run Robot program (https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/index.html). -->
<FarrAliasFile>
<FileFormatVersion>1</FileFormatVersion>
<AliasSetDescription>Tranaslation Tools on the Web</AliasSetDescription>
<AliasEntry>
<AliasText>gtrans</AliasText>
<Score>1000</Score>
<Regex>^gtrans (.*)</Regex>
<Results>
<Result>English to Spanish: $$c |http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=en|es&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&submit=Translate&text=$$c</Result>
<Result>English to German: $$c |http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=en|de&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&submit=Translate&text=$$c</Result>
</Results>
</AliasEntry>
</FarrAliasFile>