IBM and BEA Systems have proposed an open source globalization project at the Eclipse Foundation that would feature a set of tools to make it easier to translate Eclipse projects into many languages.Called the Eclipse Babel Project, the effort would translate selected projects into languages such as French, Japanese, German and other languages. Tools and activities to enable Eclipse deliverables to run in multiple locales also are part of the plan.Tools that might emerge from the project could cover areas such as: * Enablement testing, to run software in different language environments and to handle multiple scripts.* Translatability testing.* Preparation for translation. * Testing of actual translations.Other features of Babel could include streamlining the development of National Language fragments and translation file preparation tools. Eclipse currently is collecting community feedback on the Babel proposal. Software Development