ON TALMUD TRANSLATIONS: The Jewish Exponent has an article ("The Conversion of Texts: Good for the Jews?") on Talmud translations and their importance. And here's a bit of interesting news in it:

Of note, Artscroll just last year completed its project of translating the Talmud into English, and publishing it with exhaustive explications. ...

Artscroll is currently enmeshed in a project similar to the 72-volume Talmud behemoth; the Brooklyn-based publishing house is now tackling the Jerusalem Talmud, a text codified a little more than a century before the Talmud. The first volume is expected next month.