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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.

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.

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