9. The interface of claim 8 , wherein the portlet will be rendered with a button if the translation paradigm dictates that translation of the web content will be viewer initiated.
8. An interface for portlet-based translation of web content, comprising: a paradigm field for designating a translation paradigm for translating web content within an individual portlet of a portal page directly from a first natural language to a second natural language, wherein the translation paradigm dictates whether translation of the web content will be viewer initiated, automatic, or both viewer initiated and automatic; a system address field for designating an address of a translation system for translating the web content; a language field for designating a set of target languages into which the web content can be translated; a subject field for designating a subject area indicating a type of informational content included in the web content; a dictionary field for designating an address of a user dictionary that supplements the translation system; and a style field for designating a language style for translating the web content, wherein the interface is implemented by a configuration system stored on a memory device to translate the web content of a portlet of the portal page into a natural language and to translate the web content of a different portlet of the portal page into a different natural language, wherein the source language of the web content of the portlet is different from the source language of the web content of the different portlet.