After two weeks of trying to get the Translate Plugin for MT to work, I've given up and decided on a different solution that translates the entire page instead of just the entry. Language translation is important for you site to reach a larger audience since only around one quarter of the world population speaks English.
Download the script and follow the instructions for installation.
I edited the flags.shtml file to open the result in a new window:
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<td> <a href="http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=42057" title="Automatic translation via Google Translate - Click for details" target="_blank">Translate: </a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Cde', 'English_to_German', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/de.gif" alt="German" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Ces', 'English_to_Spanish', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/es.gif" alt="Spanish" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Cfr', 'English_to_French', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/fr.gif" alt="French" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Cit', 'English_to_Italian', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/it.gif" alt="Italian" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Cja', 'English_to_Japanese', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/ja.gif" alt="Japanese" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Cru', 'English_to_Russian', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/ru.gif" alt="Russian" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Cnl', 'English_to_Dutch', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/nl.gif" alt="Dutch" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Cel', 'English_to_Greek', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/el.gif" alt="Greek" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Cko', 'English_to_Korean', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/ko.gif" alt="Korean" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Cpt', 'English_to_Portuguese', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/pt.gif" alt="Portuguese" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><a href="javascript: void(window.open('http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&langpair=en%7Czh-CN', 'English_to_Chinese', 'resizable,scrollbars,status'))"><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/zh-CN.gif" alt="Chinese" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
<td><img src="http://mt4.juneeonline.com/babble-on/translate/graphics/blank.gif" alt="" style="padding: 2px;" /></a></td>
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And used the following php include in my <header>:
<?php include "/home/path/to/translate/includes/flags.shtml"; ?>
If you have any problems, try changing the permissions on report.sh to chmod 775.
The Digital Point forum has quite a lengthy discussion going that may help to solve any other problems.
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