Press Release - May 27, 2009:
Babylon LTD. the leading provider of single-click translation and dictionary software announces the release of the latest version of its software - Babylon 8.
Babylon Ltd. presents Babylon 8, the most advanced and predominant translation software in the world.
Alon Carmeli, Babylon’s CEO: “This is a celebration day for Babylon and an important and significant milestone. Babylon 8 sums up two years of fast development and changes, starting in a tight and strong cooperation with Google; going on to the Babylon for MAC version, various devices and the launch of Babylon Enterprise version, all the way through the development of the automatic tools of the software, which significantly upgrade the user’s experience.”
“Babylon 8 applies a large number of profound technological improvements, together with new enhanced qualities and dramatic increase in the support of sources and languages. We are ready and prepared for the continued and fast growing number of our world-wide community of users, which is the Company’s main asset,” added Carmeli.
Babylon 8 New Features and significant improvements:
More Languages, More Sources
The new version provides bidirectional single-click translation, in over 75 languages, from some 2,000 information sources, which provide everything, from a simple translation, currency conversion to professional glossaries and slang dictionaries.
Document Translation
Apart from words, sentences and whole paragraphs of text, Babylon 8 provides translation of documents (MS Word, PDF, Text, etc.) to and from 31 languages (compared with 17 in the previous version).
Web page Translation
Babylon 8 enables immediate translation of Web pages from and to any language.
Seamless Integration with Microsoft Office Speller
Babylon 8 integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Office spellers and enhances the built-in speller with additional assisting tools. Babvlon 8 provides short definitions and translation which will enable the user to identify and decide what to choose.
Access to Wikipedia Content
Babylon 8 enables single-click access to over 6.5 million articles and definitions from Wikipedia, the biggest multilingual free encyclopedia on the Internet, in 20 languages.
Contextual Awareness Globe
Babylon 8 perceives your translation needs! A new contextual awareness Globe suggests the suitable translation service, spell-checker, unit conversion, and other translation assisting tools.
Leading Dictionary Titles
Babylon 8 delivers results from the world’s premier publishing houses, such as: Britannica, Oxford, Merriam Webster, Pons, Duden, Larousse, Langenscheidt and others.
New User Interface
Babylon 8 has a fresh and simple new uncluttered look with less buttons to facilitate and expedite the use, which makes Babylon even more user friendly.
