Features
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License:
Free to try; $34.00 to buy
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
5,549,820
- Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Limitations:
14-day trial
- Date Added:
December 04, 2008
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Publisher's description of Babylon
Babylon offers you the most intuitive tool for all your translation needs. With Babylon you can quickly translate e-mails, Web pages, documents, or instant messages. You simply click on the word or text that you want to translate and a small window instantly appears with the desired results from Babylon's extensive database of language dictionaries or glossaries. Babylon offers its users a wide range of titles from the world's premier publishing houses including Oxford, Britannica, Merriam-Webster, Larousse, Vox, Langenscheidt, Pons, and Taishukan.
Version 7 includes several changes such as dictionary and translation results delivered in a single click, full text translation in a single click, spell check for Hotmail, and other improvements.
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Editor's review of Babylon
5.0 stars
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Babylon-Pro is a very good multilingual dictionary and reference tool. Covering most major languages and offering a huge number of free glossary add-ons, the program has a bounty of features. Babylon-Pro initially tries to add itself to your start-up programs without asking, but it discreetly runs in the background once installed. Look up words or phrases from any Windows program by simply selecting the text and using a key shortcut or mouse click that is easily modified in the Configuration options.
Selecting single words or short phrases for definitions or translations works very well, but translating larger chunks of text directly from a browser is less successful. Longer text works better when pasted directly into the Babylon interface, and translations tend to be more sensible than free online services. You can listen to a computerized voice pronounce words in English, but you'll need to add more text-to-speech engines to hear words in other languages. Another helpful feature lets you quickly convert currency, measurements, or time zones. A vast number of additional dictionaries and glossaries, both free and for sale, are available from the Babylon Web site, and adding new dictionaries is simple and fast. You can even build your own personalized glossaries with links and embedded images. The full-featured 30-day trial offers plenty of time to decide whether Babylon is valuable to you. The wide array of features and impressive options for adding custom content help this reference tool earn a top rating.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 78 votes
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3 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Babylon 7
"Didn't Translate html Doc from Web Page"
Cons: Tried to translate an html doc from a Japanese website: Bridge USA. This is the 5th translator software I've tried.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Babylon 7
"Too expensive compared with much, much better choices"
Pros: For casual, general translation tasks and non-professional translational reference, it may be helpful. Otherwise, way too expensive and redundant. Caution: Free downloadable, additional dictionaries on its website contain endless of errors and blunders. Can cost unsavvy users a lot more than its price!
Cons: It is a far cry from professional multilingual lexicons. The pricing is royally ridiculous. Their support is 'cut 'n paste' snippets only. Ask them and you get immediate nonsensical template flashbacks
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1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Babylon 7
Pros: This dictionary is helpful for you. ^-^
I am using it. Good !!!
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Babylon 7
Pros: It is not bad in translate the words in very language .
and best in all of dictionary
Cons: in some language the translate software not good .
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Babylon 7
"Bothers with ads even in there registered version! Spamware"
Cons: The spammiest program right next to Real. I purchased a Babylon license but even then, advertisement windows pop up. Now it even tells that the license is expired. What a terrible and troublesome application.
I cannot recommend this application anymore. It now plays in the same spam league as Real and ACDSee.
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