Google Translate has the following URL format:
http://translate.google.com/#de|en|%s
Where “de” is the language you’re translating from, “en” is the language you’re translating to, and “%s” represents the string to translate.
This makes it very easy to create Firefox Quicksearches for various translations. You can find the short code for the language you want by changing the selected languages below the text area. When you select a different language and click off the drop down box the URL will update.