Try using a translator, such as world.altavista.com or www.translate.ru.

With the forums, you will need to enter the URL (http://www.bear-share.de/cgi-bin/bea...ultimatebb.cgi) directly into the translator. For some reason, the forums are not translated when the "Forums" link on the homepage is selected.

Sometimes the time the text is quite understandable, but often the translation is less than perfect. Even so, since the translation is into the viewer's preferred language, he or she can usually get some idea of what is being said.

Mowgren, maybe you could put the translator links on the bearshare.de home page?

I find bearshare.de to be very useful. The forums are useful, without the detrimental bitterness and animosity found in the Gnutellium and bearshare.net.