The guys Geoff Pullum is looking for are http://www.translationgold.com/–just google the phrase and check the source of the result pages. The priority audience for their translations seems to be machines rather than humans and their primary aim is to boost Google rankings for pages written in the original language. Since you can achieve the same better and for free with Google Language Tools their strategy doesn’t make immediate sense, but they seem to be linked with confusion merchants like Bob Parsons’ Go Daddy. It would be vaguely interesting to know their MT sources and techniques.

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