.htaccess, blocking online translation

forbid google.com/translate and bable.altavista.com and etc

[steven mheakyle]

how do we code this in .htaccess to forbid online translation of my website. thanks

[appi2]

Make sure you test first, I may be wrong!

RewriteEngine On

#If referrer contains babelfish
#Send 403 forbiden

RewriteCond %(HTTP_REFERER) (babelfish) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - F

[steven mheakyle]

it wont work tried that one already.
anyway thanks.

anybody can help me. TY

[appi2]

Whats the referer string in the logs?
Noticed google used http ://ip/translate_c
Just use whatever the referer is.

[phranque]

i thought it might be useful to refer to this similar/simultaneous thread:
[webmasterworld.com...]

[steven mheakyle]

my solution:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ETS [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "translate.google.com" [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} babelfish.altavista\.com [OR]

RewriteRule /*$ [yahoo.com...] [L,R]