Codeswitching  

A couple interesting links: first, via languagehat, an article from the Trib about William Fulco, who translated Mel Gibson's paean into Aramaic, Latin, etc. He apperently had the time of his life working on the project... let's just hope God didn't understand all that funny business.

And via the xlnt Language Log, coalition soldiers in Iraq are using a translator-enhanced instant messenger to communicate about war stuff. There's nothing in the press release about how accurate the system is, but it sounds like it's more effective than whatever system they were using before. Maybe the EU should look into it...