It wasn't obvious because I had to override the expanded Asci encoded
character strings generated from the search field on the input form
with the hardcoded GB2312 encoded characters for the search term 'Puer'
to get the Google Translate function to behave properly with Alibaba.

The URL for Suppliers of Puer:

http://translate.google.com/translat...?keywords=ÆÕ¶ý

The URL for Auctions of Puer:

http://translate.google.com/translat...?keywords=ÆÕ¶ý

Jim

PS: I couldn't get Babelfish to work with any kind of Alibaba URL. I
tried the obvious but why bother when the other works? Also Alibaba
only finds strings in the Title and not the Description.

Jim

Lewis Perin wrote:
> "Kevin" > writes:
>
> > Hello from Belgium,
> > I'm a 23yo tea drinker enjoying mainly oolongs and puers, although I do
> > like golden yunnan as my first morning cup and green teas from time to
> > time...
> >
> > I recently bought a 100g green puer brick at a local tea shop and would
> > like your help to id it.
> > I gave up asking the seller more info about the brick when she told me
> > a puer specifically labelled as sheng she was selling was a black
> > puer......all I know is that it's supposedly from 2002 and from ancient
> > trees.
> >
> > here are the pics :
> >
> > http://greenleaf2202.free.fr/puer1.JPG
> >
> > http://greenleaf2202.free.fr/puer2.JPG
> >
> > http://greenleaf2202.free.fr/puer3.JPG
>
> Ancient trees on Jingmai Mountain, they say. It looks like this one
> being offered at auction for 20 yuan:
>
> http://auction.china.alibaba.com/buy...tail_chuchuang
>
> So how does it taste?
>
> /Lew
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> Lew Perin /
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