(Accel is Ctrl in windows, and Open Apple on Mac. Accel is used throughout this diary to indicate Ctrl/Open Apple)

Highlight the text you want to translate
Click the right mouse button
Choose the Translate option from the menu that appears
A new window opens as follows:

On the left is a box with the highlighted text (already formatted)
Underneath this is a box which says "Don't translate"
Click on the drop down arrow and choose the correct language for the highlighted text

In the middle is a button which says "Google Translate"
To the right of this is another drop down box which now either says "Don't translate" or has a language written in it (French, German, etc.)
Click on the drop down arrow and choose which language you want to translate your highlighted text into.

Now click the "Google Translate" button
There's a (tiny) pause, then a translation of the text appears to the right of the original text

Just below the second language button is another button which says "Copy output and close"
Click this button--it copies all the necessary text and HTML and closes the translation window (this will take you back to the document from which you copied the original text)

Go to your ET comment (or diary) box and click "paste" (or CTRL + V).
A large block of text and HTML code will appear.
Click the Preview button--you should see the original text and the translation side by side--like this:

Then click post and ponder the google translator's ability to create strange sentences.

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.