Babylon

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

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

• Simple One-Click Translation in Any Application

Just click on any 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, Portuguese, Japanese, Hebrew, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, Russian, Korean, Turkish, Arabic, Farsi, Polish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Norwegian, Danish, Urdu, Pashto, Rumanian, Serbian, Swedish, Czech, Thai.

• Wikipedia @ 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 
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• 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

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

• 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.

Babylon is offered to you by Avanquest on behalf of Babylon. Please note that the support for Babylon will be provided to you by the Babylon Support team. By purchasing Babylon on Avanquest you hereby agree to submit your contact information to Babylon Germany in order to be added on the Babylon system, as a customer who is entitled to support services. If you do not wish to submit your contact information to Babylon Germany, then you will not be able to purchase Babylon.

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