> Figures - lost my star-trek universal translator just when I needed it.

you'd be surprised at just how good [some of] the various Web translators are.

try the Altavista link below -- it translates Dany's message as: "Is there somebody who speaks French and who A already built this type of kayak? I would like to know your experiment." not too shabby.

i'm sure there's probably even one for English to Klingon.