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Since years Babylon offers its users access to premium dictionaries from many leading publishing houses like, Merriam Webster, Langenscheidt, Oxford, Britannica, Larousse, just to mention a few.

The latest addition is a set of four dictionaries from the German prestigious Duden publishing house. Now, for an additional fee, you can use these trusted resources of the German language through your Babylon click. You may buy them separately or as a package.
Babylon has created a powerful tool for the German language with this Duden German Dictionary Package Babylon. With this comprehensive guide to the German language you get simple and intuitive access to four renowned Duden dictionaries:

• Duden - The German Spelling Dictionary
This is the most renowned dictionary by Duden. This is the comprehensive basic work that follows the new German orthography and new official rules, containing approximately 130,000 headwords with more than 500,000 writing examples, explanations and information regarding word syllabication, pronunciation, grammar, etymology and style.

• Duden German Universal Dictionary
This is the Duden comprehensive (Universal) monolingual reference book of the present-day German language, providing more than 500.000 usage examples, spelling details, pronunciation, etymology, grammar and style. This Duden German Universal Dictionary includes well-arranged informative articles with useful practical indications for the proper usage of the word.

• Duden - Synonym Dictionary
German’s leading synonym dictionary, wherein the most suitable term will always be handy providing meaningful related words with about 300,000 synonyms for 20,000 up-to-date keywords. Duden German dictionary of synonyms is captivating, clear, provides plenty of word usage, examples and appropriate expressions for 200 idioms. This German Synonym reference book is unbelievably useful for foreigners who study German seriously.

• Duden - The Dictionary of Foreign Words
This German Dictionary of Foreign Words comprises approximately 55,000 foreign (borrowed)keywords with more than 400,000 detailed specifications regarding meaning, pronunciation, grammar, origin, spelling variants and syllabication.

16-SEP-2008

After 50,000,000 PC Installations, Babylon Dictionary and Translation Software is now Available for Mac Computers.

Babylon 2008 MAC is Available in a Download Version as Well as in a Box from http://www.babylon.com/mac and Also From Major Resellers and Retail Stores.

SAN FRANCISCO, September 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Babylon Ltd. (TASE: BBYL), the world leading provider of online dictionary and translation solutions, presents Babylon 2008 MAC, the first specially designed online version of its globally-known dictionary and translation software for MAC OS X.
Similar to the PC versions of the software, Babylon 2008 MAC offers:

- Single click activation from any application

- Dictionaries and glossaries in 75 languages

- Text translation in 28 languages

- Access to 1,400 online dictionaries and glossaries, including

Wikipedia in 18 languages

“We are witnessing the increasing demand for translation services, which is expressed by approximately 100,000 downloads a day. As of today, Macintosh users throughout the world will be able to enjoy Babylon’s services. Mac users have no suitable solution today,” Alon Carmeli, Babylon CEO.

“Babylon continues to identify the user’s needs,” said Alon Carmeli, Babylon CEO, on the new version. “From studies carried out, it transpires that 40% of college students were planning on buying a Mac as their next machine. As a result of the growing Mac community and the request for Babylon’s services, we developed a specially designed version for Mac. We believe that MAC users will enjoy the new features and will benefit in their daily activity.” further added Carmeli.

Babylon 2008 Mac is available as download version (for $89) or in a box (for $99) from Babylon’s Site www.babylon.com/mac

Students will enjoy a special discount offer on Babylon’s site.

Special offers for organizations and volume purchases are available on the web site as well as from authorized partners.

About Babylon Ltd.

Babylon.com (TASE: BBYL) is a leading provider of online dictionary and translation solutions. The Babylon.com user base exceeds 50 million desktop installations. Babylon provides services in more than 190 countries.

For more information about Babylon, visit www.babylon.com

OR YEHUDA, Israel and BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 /PRNewswire/ — Babylon Ltd. (TASE: BBYL), the leading provider of single-click translation and dictionary software, and Language Engineering Company (LEC) of Boston MA announced today the renewal of their agreement. LEC will continue to provide Babylon with its online simple text translation services throughout 2009.

Babylon currently integrates LEC’s high-speed automated translation solution Passport Premium. Passport Premium is an LEC Enterprise product, which provides Babylon customers with real-time machine translation of 22 languages with 340 language pairs.

”Babylon dictionary and translation solutions are currently installed on over 50 million desktops around the world,” said Tal Shaked, Babylon’s Director of Business Development. “Through our commitment to both exceed our customer’s expectations and surpass market demands, we have added text translation services to our solutions. LEC helps Babylon to deliver the best dictionary and translation solutions available anywhere.”

“Every day, every year the Internet continues to grow; and with it the increased demand for translation services,” said LEC’s CEO Glenn Akers. “LEC’s is proud to provide Passport Premium translation technology to Babylon’s online global offerings, and we look forward to another year of continued success for both companies.”

About Babylon

Babylon.com (TASE: BBYL) is a leading provider of online dictionary and translation solutions. The Babylon.com user base exceeds 50 million desktop installations. Babylon sold more than 2 Million licenses of the software to private users and organizations in more than 200 countries.

For more information about Babylon, visit http://www.babylon.com

About Language Engineering Company (LEC):

Since 1985, LEC’s award winning translation software has helped millions of users around the world communicate, instantly and accurately. With translation services in addition to software, LEC provides full service translation solutions for both consumers and any size business. For more information about LEC, please visit: www.LEC.com

NEW YORK, February 24 /PRNewswire/ — Babylon LTD (TASE: BBYL), a world leading provider of online and offline dictionary and translation solutions, has ranked No. 1 in the review of the 2009 translation software carried out by TopTen Reviews and ranked above the competition and took the “TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award” http://translation-software-review.toptenreviews.com/babylon-6-review.html.

Babylon continues to improve its services with dictionaries in over 75 languages, full text translation, which provides its customers with real-time text translations in 31 languages with over 350 language pairs, and offers its users a wide range of premium dictionaries and encyclopedias from renowned publishers around the globe, such as, Oxford, Merriam Webster, Britannica, Larousse, Langenscheidt, Pons Taishukan, Michaelis and more.

“With the right combination of accuracy, features and affordability, Babylon swept past the competition and took the “TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award” in our review of translation software. Simply put, Babylon is the best translator which also has the best compatibility with other programs. It’s a no-brainer.” TopTenReviews Editor’s Review.

“Babylon packs all its features into a small window that doesn’t block your view of other windows. This small design doesn’t block your view of the other programs you are using, which is essential because Babylon is designed to translate as you work without disrupting you.” the Editor’s Review continues.

“Babylon simply does it better than the competition. It has greater accuracy, more languages, better features, numerous references and dictionaries and a simple, compact interface. Babylon will be able to do anything you need it to.” concludes the Editor’s Review.

About Babylon Ltd.

Babylon.com (TASE: BBYL) is a leading provider of online dictionary and translation solutions. The Babylon.com user base exceeds 50 million desktop installations. Babylon sold more than 2 Million licenses of the software to private users and organizations in more than 200 countries.

Still in its first phase the blog “Translator Lounge” might develop into an interesting place for translators. Focusing on sharing information about dictionaries and good additional websites it is certainly covering a niche that usually does not get enough attention.

However only time will tell if this blog will be accepted by translators. It is also questionable if a blog can turn into a forum or any other kind interactive medium. The way we experience the profession of a translator it is also based on colleague orientation. So it would be great to see some kind guest articles by experienced translators there.

If you think this is your call, go and visit Translator-Lounge!