I'm working on not only Italian, but German pieces for voice lessons, and I found Babel Fish translator (is this the translator some users have been using for some posts?), and I tried typing,
"Hello there! This is a test of the emergency broadcast system."
I first converted it to French, and got
"Bonjour là ! C'est un essai du système d'émission de secours."
The German translation threw me for a loop!!
"Hallo dort! Dieses ist ein Test des Dringlichkeitsrundschreibsystems."
Try and say that last word five times fast........