Need help blocking translators

[PiNG1434]

Hello, I'm new here, I own few websites, and would like to lower my bandwidth and limit my site from web translators. I'm trying Mod_Rewrite, and i got it working for google translator, but i'm having hard time blocking babelfish.

I used:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*translate.google.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*bff.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*world.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*babel.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*systranbox.*$
RewriteRule /* [mydomain...] [L,R]

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[larryhatch]

Hello Ping: Are you sure you want to block translators?
That could cut of significant number of legitimate traffic.
Unlike abusive bots, translators are almost always interested visitors
who took the trouble to call up a translation.

If its bandwidth, why not use .htaccess to disallow some abusive crawlers?
There are other ways to reduce bandwidth. - Larry

[PiNG1434]

actually you make a good point. Thanks, I'll search around for the list of abusive bots. I've already blocked the site-copying/offline viewing programs.