This page is a proof of concept. It uses statistical search result analysis to find the translation for latin quotes.
Using the Yahoo! BOSS API several queries are made to the Yahoo! web search and the results are analysed using semi-sophisticated statistical methods. In most cases the result is an English translation of the entered phrase.
A limitation of this approach is, that it only really works with phrases between three and approximately 10 words long. Also only fairly common phrases can be found using this method. If you are looking for obscure quotes from medieval scholarly texts, chances are we can't help you.
This page was hacked together as an entry to the BOSS Mashable challenge. It proves the point that with the BOSS API it is dead easy to make a web application - building this one took four hours overall (including writing this text). I didn't have time to bless the site with a design yet. However, if I end up winning a prize in the challenge I will pay someone to make one.
The site is built using PHP, the Yahoo! BOSS API and some careful thinking.