It is one of the leading companies that deal with dictionary and language translation. They provide a spontaneous tool for all the translations required. It can translate instant messages, web pages and emails. With just a click over the word, you get access to dictionaries and glossaries.
Overview
Babylon is a powerful tool used for translation on web. It gives you access to dictionary meanings. This company has software which has the complete dictionary and glossaries in it. They have free as well as pro versions. This company was founded in 1997 and basically a limited company. Babylon 7 version of software is the updated one used by professionals and organizations.
The software offers wikipedia in 18 languages whereas the translation in 28 languages. It gives results from 1400 sources in 75 languages. The database used by this company is very powerful due to its varied sources.
This company has its own team in linguistics which takes care of the dictionary and the number of languages. They have 25 dictionaries in 17 languages developed by the efficient team. Those 17 languages are English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (simplified), Russian, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Arabia, Turkish and Greek.
Babylon also have tied up with world known dictionary publisher and design discounted offers accordingly. Mainly they include Britannica, Oxford University Press, Merriam-Webmaster, Larousse, Vox, Pons, Van Dale, Taishukan and Langenscheidt. You can purchase this software easily through internet and it is available in more than 168 countries. You can get quotes for the corporate version by directly contacting them on phone or through email.
This company has top industry brands in its pocket as their corporate customers. Major of them are Ernst &Young, IBM, Motorola, Nestle France, Petrobras, Philips, Xerox, Avnet, Daimler Chrysler, Ericsson and etc. You can buy it from online stores or through corporate sales. They have excellent system to guide you for troubleshooting problems, technical requirement, download issues and lot more.
Product Details
It has Babylon 7 as its major product. Babylon upgrade, Babylon builder, Electronic dictionary, Babylon mobile, Babylon keyboards are other products of this company. Babylon 7 has upgraded features like spell check on yahoo, hotmail, gmail, blogs, online forms and more. It also gives facilities like auto completion, customization, smart dictionary and Babylon anywhere.
Babylon has come up with a new feature of windows mobile powered devices. It can translate in 20 languages on mobile services. It is applicable in touch screen as well as smart phones. The most updated feature which is of great help to people is the Babylon keyboard. It enables to write messages and email from the keyboard itself in different languages.
The Good
• Dictionary available on finger tips
• Mobile services enabled for translation
• Word processing in multi language
• Corporate versions designed as per their requirement
• Version 7 of the dictionary has new features like spell check, smart dictionary, web search button and lot more
The Bad
• Video tour of the updated gadgets like mobile and keyboard would have helped private users in a better way
Bottom Line
To have a dictionary on your finger tips is very essential and the company gives it all to you free as private user. With an easy installation process and step by step guide you should have this important tool in your system to deliver error free work.
