Translation Widget in Dashboard Problem

Just bought a new Macbook.
I click "f12" to open dashboard.
Go the Translation Widget.
Type a word in Japanese for an English translation and vice versa and then try other languages. All I'm getting is a
"data unavailable" message.
Do I have to install something to use this widget?

If you're talking about the systran one... (blue). ... mine quit working too.
... so I thought... actually it just takes a really long time to connect and process ... in the mean time it doesn't tell you it's doing it.
Type in what you want to translate... hit go... close the dashboard... wait a minute... then reopen the dashboard and voila .. not the most efficient way but it works.

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You wrote: "And what should be done if you do not change the translation, and have a broadband Fios connection and it still takes forever to translate a sentence of no more than 5 words?"Try Babel Fish.
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Bye.
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http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/travel/languagetranslator.html
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Sláinte,
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