Babylon Blog

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