Does anybody know of, and have experience with, a computer "translator" program that they would trust to translate a SPD from English to Spanish? If so, how much is it? I fiddled with various free programs from the internet, and while they work well for simple sentences, they aren't very good for long or complex documents. My inclination is to refer the client to an attorney who prepares them in Spanish, but thought I'd check with you folks first to see if you have any great ideas. Thanks.

Belgarath - We have been looking for the same thing. We have also tried several translator services on the web. Some of them are free as well but usually will not accept a document as big as an SPD.

The usual translator software seems to be simple word or phrase replacement. Many of these programs or services don't handle the nuances of the different dialects, slang, and grammer differences between the two languages.

We are looking at a couple of the services on the internet that will provide the electronic translation for free and then will have a person review it for proper format, meaning, grammer, etc. We got an estimate from one site of $2,500.00 to tranlate and review our SPD. We have not made a decision about a service and would welcome other's feedback on this.

$2,500 is a reasonable amount for this job, if well done.

In the past we have connected the plan administrator with a Spanish teacher who was interested in a little extra income.

I also know someone who does some English-Spanish translating for extra income.