Yes, Lord of the Rings
I completely agree with every point you made in your terrific answer.

It does seem odd to me that there is a difference between the translators I've tried...on the very same German reply that I get from her.

The Babalon 8 has cool features, but seems to do the worse job of translating and getting her "meaning".
So, I use both BabelFish and again with SYSTRAN. Between the two, I get a pretty good idea of what she writes me.

Thanks for your help, friend
Danke für Ihre Hilfe, Freund