Babylon.com Presents: Babylon 8 - Leading the World of Languages

Babylon Announces the Launch of its New Version - Babylon 8; After More Than
55 Million Users Worldwide and Following the Success of Previous Versions,
Comes the New and Innovative Version - Babylon 8

MUNICH, Germany, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Babylon LTD. the
leading provider of single-click translation and dictionary software
announces the release of the latest version of its software - Babylon 8.
A year and a half after launching Babylon 7 and following a year in which
Babylon continued to expand its product line and business pacts, Babylon Ltd.
presents Babylon 8, the most advanced and predominant translation software in
the world.
The New Version includes more languages and many more information
sources, Web page and document translation, contextual awareness desktop
globe, and much more.
Alon Carmeli, Babylon's CEO: "This is a celebration day for Babylon and
an important and significant milestone. Babylon 8 sums up two years of fast
development and changes, starting in a tight and strong cooperation with
Google; going on to the Babylon for MAC version, various devices and the
launch of Babylon Enterprise version, all the way through the development of
the automatic tools of the software, which significantly upgrade the user's
experience."
"Babylon 8 applies a large number of profound technological improvements,
together with new enhanced qualities and dramatic increase in the support of
sources and languages. We are ready and prepared for the continued and fast
growing number of our world-wide community of users, which is the Company's
main asset," added Carmeli.
Babylon 8 New Features and significant improvements:
More Languages, More Sources
The new version provides bidirectional single-click translation, in over
75 languages, from some 2,000 information sources, which provide everything,
from a simple translation, currency conversion to professional glossaries and
slang dictionaries.
Document Translation
Apart from words, sentences and whole paragraphs of text, Babylon 8
provides translation of documents (MS Word, PDF, Text, etc.) to and from 31
languages (compared with 17 in the previous version).
- Web page Translation
Babylon 8 enables immediate translation of Web pages from and to any
language.
Seamless Integration with Microsoft Office Speller
Babylon 8 integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Office spellers and
enhances the built-in speller with additional assisting tools. In addition to
the correct spelling suggestions, Babvlon 8 will provide the user with short
definitions and translation which will enable the user to identify and decide
what to choose.
Access to Wikipedia Content
Babylon 8 enables single-click access to over 6.5 million articles and
definitions from Wikipedia, the biggest multilingual free encyclopedia on the
Internet, in 20 languages (compared with 13 in the previous version).
Contextual Awareness Globe
Babylon 8 perceives your translation needs! A new contextual awareness
Globe suggests the suitable translation service, spell-checker, unit
conversion, and other translation assisting tools. The Globe will be
available to you only when you need them.
Leading Dictionary Titles
Babylon 8 delivers results from the world's premier publishing houses,
such as: Britannica, Oxford, Merriam Webster, Pons, Duden, Larousse,
Langenscheidt and many more and many more
New User Interface
Babylon 8 has a fresh and simple new uncluttered look with less buttons
to facilitate and expedite the use, which makes Babylon even more user
friendly.
About Babylon Ltd.
Babylon.com (TASE: BBYL) is a leading provider of online and offline
dictionary and translation solutions. The Babylon.com user base exceeds 55
million desktop installations.
Babylon sold more than 2.5 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

Press contact:
Dalia Preisler
Babylon Ltd.
+972-3-5382148
Email: press@babylon.com

SOURCE Babylon

Press contact: Dalia Preisler, Babylon Ltd., +972-3-5382148, Email:
press@babylon.com