Babylon 8

Babylon 8 is a powerful dictionary and translation software that provides translations and dictionary results in seconds just by clicking on text in any desktop application (emails, documents, web pages, instant messages...).

Translations and dictionary results are retrieved by default from Babylon's translation database but you can expand the scope of your search and get more results just by adding new dictionaries to Babylon. Babylon comes with an online library containing over 2,000 dictionaries and encyclopedias that are available for free after you purchase Babylon 8. So, you can customize Babylon based on your translation needs.

• Single Click Access to Babylon from any desktop application
• NEW! Web page and document translations to and from 31 languages
• Access to more than 2,000 free dictionaries
• Wikipedia at a click in 20 languages

Simple one-click translation in any application

• Just click on text in any desktop application and get immediate translation and access to dictionaries and encyclopedias covering a wide range of topics and themes.

From any language to any language

• Babylon 8 automatically recognizes the languages you use and need, and delivers results for all those languages.

NEW! Web page and document translation in 31 languages

• Text translation has never been easier. Babylon 8 provides translation of full Web pages, documents (MS Word, PDF, Text, etc.) and whole paragraphs of text to and from 31 languages*, all in a single click.

  * French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Japanese, Hebrew, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, Russian, Korean, Turkish, Arabic, Farsi, Polish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Norwegian, Danish, Urdu, Pachta, Rumanian, Serbian, Swedish, Czech, Thai.

 

Wikipedia at a click in 20 languages

• Babylon delivers results in 20 languages from Wikipedia, the biggest multilingual free encyclopedia on the Internet, covering over 6.5 million articles and definitions that are constantly updated to cover current events and recent innovations.
• Results from some 2,000 User Generated glossaries and dictionaries.  

NEW! Contextual Awareness Globe

• Babylon perceives your needs! A new contextual awareness Globe suggests the suitable translation service, spell-checker, unit conversion, and other translation assisting tools. Babylon’s helpful Globe will be available to you only when you need it. 

 

NEW! Integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Office spellers

• When spelling suggestions are obtained from MS Office, Babylon provides a short definition for each suggestion indicated in MS Office’s speller menu. 

 

"Say It" pronunciation tool

• This function enables you to hear the correct pronunciation of words, in either a male or female voice.

Cross-Translation tool

• As some words can be translated in more than one way, Babylon enables users to see each possible translation with its equivalent translation in the user's native language, ensuring that you use the most appropriate word available.

World time zones, currencies and units - single-click conversion 

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• More dictionaries, more languages
• Web page translation
• Document translation
• Contextual awareness Globe
• New User Interface
• Integration with MS Office spellers

• Operating System: Windows XP/Vista (32 & 64 bits)/ Windows 7
• Web Browser: MS Internet Explorer 5 and above
• 128MB free RAM - recommended.
• 50MB of free disk space on your hard drive. Installation of additional dictionaries requires additional disk space (depending on the dictionary size).
• For installation - you must be logged to an account with admin privileges. For running - Babylon may be used by a guest account on the computer.

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