Machine Translation Resources

MACHINE TRANSLATION RESOURCES

1. Overview
Restrictions & Evaluation
Language Abbreviations & Products by Language

2. Windows Platform
Langescheidt T1 4.0
Linguatec Personal Translator 2001
Systran
L&H Power Translator Pro 7
L&H Simply Translating
Transparent Language Transcend 2.0
Transparent Language Desktop Translator
Transparent Language Easy Translator 3
PROMT Translation Office 2000
Lingvistica '98 PARS 4.2
Cybertrans Translator
Translation Experts Word Translator
Translation Experts InterTran
World Translator
Language Force Universal Translator
Autotrad Ara 1.0
Synthema PeTra 2.0
Synthema PC Translate
Pan-American Health Organisation SPANAM / ENGSPAM
CIMOS MLTS
CIMOS An-Nakel Al-Arabi / European Translator
Wonderworks Spylltrans Translator
Word Magic Interpreter
Brall Software FB-Active Translator
ATA Al-Mutarjim Al-Arabey 2.0
KRDL Tapestry
TransWhiz English-Chinese Translation system
L&H Tsunami MT
L&H Typhoon MT
LEC Logovista
Fujitsu Software Corporation TranslinGo 2.0
Fujitsu Software Corporation Atlas 6.0
Nova PC-Transer
Softissimo Reverso
Transbridge Instant
Trident L-Master 98
L&H Apptek TranSphere Client
ArabNet ArabTrans 2.0
Bilingual Software Translate Instant Spanish
PSP Translation Aide
CAT2
Linguistic Products PC-Translator
OKI Pensee
IBM King POWER +
Fujitsu Limited Tr@nslingo V1.0
SALT 2.0
IBM WebSphere Translation Server
Falatudo 2000
CITAC Translator
AutomaticTrans

3. Online Services
Lernout & Hauspie iTranslator
E-lingo
Softissimo Reverso
Transparent Language FreeTranslation
SystraNet
Sail-Labs Incyta
PROMT PITS
Cybertrans
IBM Alphaworks
Altavista Babelfish
Amikai
Sakhr Tarjim
InterNOSTRUM
PROMT-Online
InterTran
GPLTrans
Foreignworld Translate Now
Voilà
Alis Gist-in-Time
UNL System
T-Mail
Linguatec Personal Translator 2001
AlMisbar
Ectaco PolTran.com
EWGate EWTransLite

4. Linux Platform
GPLTrans
5. Support Tools
EvalTrans

1. Overview

Different MT programs that are currently in the market. The document covers only MT programs that can be easily purchased or with information available on the Web or in specialised magazines.

Restrictions & Evaluation

The following list of resources have been created with information from international publications and with information retrieved from the WWW. The minimum requirements to select the programs have been:

Pairs of languages must the same than treated currently or in future plans by Sail-Labs.
Minimum level of quality. As some of the programs cannot be tested, programs with price under 50 € have been excluded.

Overall quality punctuation follows very simple rules: from 1 to 3 stars depending on if it is a simple entry-level software (drafts, poor quality) (*), a software addressed to obtain good results but without professional requirements (**) or a professional solution (***).

Language Abbreviations & Products by Language

Abbreviation Language Products related

Ar Arabic 2.6 - 2.16 - 2.21 - 2.22 - 2.26 - 2.38 - 2.39
3.12 - 3.23

Ca Catalan 2.17 - 2.51 - 3.7

Zh Chinese 2.3 - 2.6 - 2.16 - 2.27 - 2.28 - 2.37 - 2.48 -2.50
3.11 - 3.19 - 3.21 - 3.25

Da Danish 2.6 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.43
3.15

De German 2.1 - 2.2 - 2.3 - 2.4 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.10 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.23 - 2.25 - 2.36 - 2.43 - 2.48
3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.4 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.8 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.18 - 3.19 - 3.21 - 3.22

En English 2.1 - 2.2 - 2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.10 - 2.11- 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.18 - 2.19 - 2.20 - 2.21 - 2.22 - 2.23 - 2.24 - 2.25 - 2.26 - 2.27 - 2.28 - 2.29 - 2.30 - 2.31 - 2.32 - 2.33 - 2.34 - 2.35 - 2.36 - 2.37 - 2.38 - 2.39 - 2.40 - 2.41 - 2.43 - 2.44 - 2.45 - 2.46 - 2.48 - 2.49 - 2.50
3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.4 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.8 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.12 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.18 - 3.19 - 3.21 - 3.22 - 3.23 - 3.24 - 3.25

Es Spanish 2.1 - 2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.17 - 2.20 - 2.23 - 2.24 - 2.40 - 2.43 - 2.48 - 2.49 - 2.51
3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.4 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.7 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.18 - 3.19 - 3.21

Fr French 2.1 - 2.3 - 2.4 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.10 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.21 - 2.22 - 2.23 - 2.25 - 2.36 - 2.43 - 2.48 - 2.49
3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.4 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.8 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.18 -3.19 - 3.21 - 3.22

It Italian 2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.18 - 2.19 - 2.23 - 2.25 - 2.43 - 2.48
3.1 - 3.3 - 3.3 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.15 - 3.18 -3.19 - 3.21

Ja Japanese 2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.9 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.16 - 2.29 - 2.30 - 2.31 - 2.32 - 2.33 - 2.34 - 2.35 - 2.41 - 2.44 - 2.45 - 2.46 - 2.48
3.3 - 3.11 - 3.15 - 3.19 - 3.21

Nl Dutch 2.6 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.23 - 2.25 - 2.43
3.15

Pt Portuguese 2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.43 - 2.49
3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.19 - 3.21

Ru Russian 2.1 - 2.3 - 2.6 - 2.10 - 2.11 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.16 - 2.25 - 2.36 - 2.37
3.8 - 3.10 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.18 - 3.21

Sw Swedish 2.6 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.25 - 2.43
3.15

2. Windows Platform

Langescheidt T1 4.0

Manufacturer: Sail-Labs, Germany

Versions: Langescheidt T1 Standard, Langescheidt T1 Standard Plus, Langescheidt T1 Professional

Language pairs: EnFr (bidirectional not commercially available)
EnEs (bidirectional. Version 3.0 Standard Plus)
DeEn (bidirectional)
DeFr (bidirectional)
DeRu (one direction)

Modules: One general user interface, including Lexicon Editor and ScratchPad for translation.

File formats: RTF, plain text, HTML

Other features: Ability to create TM (translation memories). Lexicon Editor with advanced features.

Web information: http://www.sail-labs.com
http://www.lhs.com/mt/T1
http://www.abitz.com/uebersetz/langent.php3

Price: Langescheidt T1 Standard: 152 €
Langescheidt T1 Standard Plus: 203 €
Langescheidt T1 Professional: 306 €

Additional information:

Evaluation: ***

Sail-Labs T1 technology can be tested accessing to the following URL: http://t1.sail-labs.com

Linguatec Personal Translator 2001

Manufacturer:	Linguatec GmbH, Germany
Versions:	PT 2001Home, PT 2001Office, PT 2001 Office Plus, PT Network
Language pairs:	DeEn (bidirectional)
Modules:	General interface for translation in a ScratchPad, with a separated interface for translating Web pages and a small interface for sentence translation.
File formats:	RTF, plain text, HTML.
Special features:	Dictionary module included in the general interface, ability to use different dictionary modules, dictionary of idioms included (PONS), post-edition capabilities. Version Office Plus provide voice output features. Translation memory capabilities (Sentence archives). PT Network is an extension for PT 2000 Office Plus, with teamwork capabilities.
Web information:	http://www.linguatec.de
Price:	PT 2001 Home: 50 € PT 2001 Office: 101 € PT 2001 Office Plus: 254 € PT Network: 1528 € (up to 5 accesses), 203 € every additional access Dictionary modules (automotive, medicine, business English) sold separately.
Additional information:	Initial technology from IBM.
Evaluation:	***

Systran

Manufacturer:	Systran, Germany
Versions:	Systran Personal, Systran Professional (Premium/Standard), Systran Enterprise (Client/Server)
Language pairs:	DeEn (bidirectional) EnFr (bidirectional) EnEs (bidirectional) EnPt (bidirectional) EnIt (bidirectional) EnJa (bidirectional) ZhEn (unidirectional) RuEn (unidirectional)
Modules:	One general module and separated modules for the dictionary module (WinCSD), and for Web translations (WebTrans). General module includes ScratchPad and direct interaction with WinCSD.
File formats:	RTF and plain text in direct mode. HTML, SGML, WordPerfect, TRADOS, FrameMaker & TM/2 in batch mode.
Special features:	Translation in batch mode, post-edition capabilities. Dictionary module with limitations, not advanced.
Web information:	http://www.systransoft.com http://www.heisoft.com
Price:	Systran Personal: 59 € Systran Professional Standard: 257 € Systran Professional Premium: 861 € Systran Enterprise Server: 3.990 € (5 users) 5.990 € (10 users) 7.990 € (20 users)
Additional information:
Evaluation:	***

L&H Power Translator Pro 7

Manufacturer:	L&H (first manufacturer was Globalink, previously acquired by L&H)
Versions:	Power Translator Pro 7
Language pairs:	DeEn (bidirectional) EnFr (bidirectional) EnEs (bidirectional) EnIt (bidirectional) EnPt (bidirectional) EnJa (bidirectional)
Modules:	One module with the general interface, separated modules for import/export operations (exchange capabilities only with previous versions of Power Translator), one module for Web translation.
File formats:	RTF, plain text, HTML, interaction with Office applications, e-mail programs.
Special features:	Interaction with Office 2000, Corel WordPerfect and e-mail programs (Outlook, Notes, Eudora), voice output, interaction with OCR software.
Web information:	http://www.lhs.com/powertranslator http://www.heisoft.com/
Price:	Full version (CD & manual): 150 € Only software (download): 140 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

L&H Simply Translating

Manufacturer:	L&H (first manufacturer was Globalink, previously acquired by L&H)
Versions:	Simply Translating, Simply Translating Deluxe (the former product was Globalink Language Assistant)
Language pairs:	Deluxe version: Bi-directional with English (UK & US): Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese - Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish (European), Spanish (Latin American), Swahili, Swedish, Tag, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Yiddish, Zulu
Modules:
File formats:	Main word processors compatible formats.
Special features:	Entry level software, for draft purposes. Interaction with word processors and e-mail programs.
Web information:	http://www.lhsl.com/simplytranslating
Price:	Simply Translating: 50 € (CD and manual) 45 € (downloadable version) Simply Translating Deluxe: 70 € (CD and manual) 60 € (downloadable version)
Additional information:
Evaluation:	*

Transparent Language Transcend 2.0

Manufacturer:	Transparent Language, USA (now part of SDL International)
Versions:	Transcend 2.0
Language pairs:	Bi-directional: EnEs, EnFr, DeEn Unidirectional: EnEs, EnFr, DeEn, EnIt, EnPt, DeEn, FrEn, EsEn
Modules:	General module that includes dictionary and different interfaces for translating from Clipboard and Web browsers.
File formats:	RTF, plain text, MIF, SGML, WordPerfect, Interleaf
Special features:	No special features. It uses external applications, depending on the format (Word for RTF files, Notepad for plain text files...) interface for displaying translated texts. Limited dictionary. Transcend is the main machine translation software of Transparent Language
Web information:	http://www.translc.com
Price:	Bi-directional: 795 € Unidirectional: 495 €
Additional information:	Trial version (1 month) for EnEs available at Sail-Labs Barcelona.
Evaluation:	***

Transparent Language Desktop Translator

Manufacturer:	Transparent Language, USA (now part of SDL International)
Versions:	Desktop Translator
Language pairs:	EnEs (bidirectional) EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) EnIt (unidirectional) EnPt (unidirectional)
Modules:	One single interface, menu-level integration with word processing applications, e-mail integration, Web translation, speech to text dictation, voice control of the program. Dictionary module
File formats:
Special features:	Second level software of Transparent Language
Web information:	http://www.heisoft.com/ http://www.transparent.com
Price:	130 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

Transparent Language Easy Translator 3

Manufacturer:	Transparent Language, USA (now part of SDL International)
Versions:	Easy Translator 3
Language pairs:	EnEs (bidirectional) EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) EnIt (unidirectional) EnPt (unidirectional) JaEn (unidirectional)
Modules:	One single interface, menu-level integration with word processing applications, e-mail integration, Web translation
File formats:
Special features:	Third level software of Transparent Language
Web information:	http://www.heisoft.com/ http://www.transparent.com
Price:	60 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	*

PROMT Translation Office 2000

Manufacturer:	PROMT, Russia
Versions:	PROMT Translation Office 2000, PROMT Internet 2000
Language pairs:	EnRu (bidirectional) FrRu (bidirectional) DeRu (bidirectional) ItRu (unidirectional)
Modules:	One general module, one module for batch translation and one module for Web translations
File formats:
Special features:	It works with its own word processor. Different dictionaries available
Web information:	http://www.heisoft.com/ http://www.e-promt.com/products/prof.shtml
Price:	Product with 1 language pair: 400 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	***

Lingvistica '98 PARS 4.2

Manufacturer:	Lingvistica '98, Russia
Versions:	PARS 4.2
Language pairs:	EnRu (bidirectional)
Modules:	One basic module, one dictionary updating module. Seems to be a 16-bit application.
File formats:	DOC, RTF, Formats compatible with MS Word 6.0, 7.0
Special features:	Interesting capabilities of the dictionary module.
Web information:	http://www.heisoft.com/ http://www.ling98.com
Price:	105 € with general dictionary and up to 4 terminological glossaries.
Additional information:	Presentation (slides) available at Sail-Labs Spain.
Evaluation:	***

Cybertrans Translator

Manufacturer:	Cybertrans, South Africa
Versions:	Cybertrans Translator
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) Afrikaans-En (bidirectional) PtEn (unidirectional) En-Zulu (unidirectional) Tswana-En (unidirectional) Swahili-En (unidirectional)
Modules:	General graphic user interface, interacting with MS Word, with a language module (Transfer Grammar Definition Language)
File formats:	For the information available, must translate only Word compatible file formats. To verify.
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.epiuse.co.za/translator/default.htm
Price:	150 € (all pairs and dictionaries)
Additional information:	The company provides an online translation service, free of charge. Information retrieved from the Web site. Not tested, not samples seen.
Evaluation:	**

Translation Experts Word Translator

Manufacturer:	Translation Experts, Ltd. (USA)
Versions:	Word Translator
Language pairs:	Bi-directional from/to English and: Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Welsh
Modules:	Toolbar to interact with different word processors, Language Tutor (training program), Codepage Converter.
File formats:	Interaction with word processors. Very limited, and must be customised very deeply.
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.tranexp.com
Price:	Starting at 70 € per language pair, increasing to 250 € depending on the level of translation quality
Additional information:	Seems that this company (Translation Experts) owns a more advanced technology called NeuroTran. Additional information in http://www.tranexp.com.
Evaluation:	*

Translation Experts InterTran

Manufacturer:	Translation Experts, Ltd. (USA)
Versions:	InterTran Web Site Translation Server
Language pairs:	Bi-directional from/to English and: Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Welsh
Modules:	Not tested
File formats:	Web formats.
Special features:	Translation of Web sites, installing the program on the server side. Supports Unix, Linux and Windows NT.
Web information:	http://www.tranexp.com
Price:	1000 € per year (using Word Translator technology)
Additional information:	Not tested. No demo available. Seems that this company (Translation Experts) owns a more advanced technology called NeuroTran. Additional information in http://www.tranexp.com.
Evaluation:

World Translator

Manufacturer:
Versions:	World Translator
Language pairs:	Bi-directional: EnFr, DeEn, EnIt, EnPt, EnEs, EnSw, DaEn, EnNl
Modules:
File formats:	RTF, MS Word compatible formats
Special features:
Web information:
Price:	100 €
Additional information:	See http://www.worldlanguage.com
Evaluation:

Language Force Universal Translator

Manufacturer:	Language force
Versions:	Universal Translator Deluxe
Language pairs:	Bi-directional from/to English and: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, German, Greek, French, Farsi, Danish, Czech, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Swahili, Tag, Turkish, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Thai, Swedish, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Korean, Italian.
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:	Speech recognition, interaction with Web browsers and word processors
Web information:	http://www.languageforce.com
Price:	100 €
Additional information:	Entry-level software, very basic technology.
Evaluation:	*

Autotrad Ara 1.0

Manufacturer:	Autotrad, Spain
Versions:	Ara 1.0
Language pairs:	EsCa (unidirectional)
Modules:	One single module with complete word-processor included. Only internal dictionary, that cannot be modified externally, only after document translation as a part of post-edition.
File formats:	RTF, DOC, plain text, HTML
Special features:	Good word-processor, but lexicon module only internal. Based in the initial technology of SALT, developed in València (Generalitat Valenciana)
Web information:	http://www.ara-autotrad.com
Price:	50 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	***

Synthema PeTra 2.0

Manufacturer:	Synthema, Italy
Versions:	PeTra 2.0, PeTra Expert
Language pairs:	EnIt (bidirectional)
Modules:	Toolbar for MS word, including a dictionary module.
File formats:	MS word compatible formats.
Special features:	Easy to use, simple but effective.
Web information:	http://www.synthema.it
Price:
Additional information:	Initial technology from IBM.
Evaluation:	***

Synthema PC Translate

Manufacturer:	Synthema, Italy
Versions:	PC Translate
Language pairs:	EnIt (bidirectional)
Modules:	One general module, including dictionary and setup features.
File formats:	Word compatible formats, e-mail, Internet pages. Possibility to interact with voice recognition and scanner software.
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.synthema.it
Price:
Additional information:	Entry-level product of Synthema.
Evaluation:

Pan-American Health Organisation SPANAM / ENGSPAM

Manufacturer:	Pan-American Health Organisation
Versions:	SPANAM (EnEs), ENGSPAM (EnEs)
Language pairs:	EnEs (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	WordPerfect, ASCII, SGML, HTML, RTF
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.paho.org/english/AGS/MT/Machine_Trans.htm
Price:	1767 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

CIMOS MLTS

Manufacturer:	Cimos, France
Versions:	One multilingual version
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) ArEn (bidirectional) ArFr (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	Compatible formats with MS Word
Special features:	Includes translation memory capabilities, idioms dictionary and different dictionary modules
Web information:	http://www.cimos.com/internat.htm
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:

CIMOS An-Nakel Al-Arabi / European Translator

Manufacturer:	Cimos, France
Versions:	Separate modules
Language pairs:	EnFr (European Translator, bidirectional) ArEn (An-Nakel Al-Arabi, bidirectional) ArEn (An-Nakel Al-Arabi, bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	Compatible formats with MS Word
Special features:	Same technology as Cimos MLTS, but with separated language pairs. Includes translation memory capabilities, idioms dictionary and different dictionary modules
Web information:	http://www.cimos.com/products.htm
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:

Wonderworks Spylltrans Translator

Manufacturer:	FJW-Wonderworks Software Development Company, Germany
Versions:	Spylltrans Translator PBI, Spylltrans Translator PB, Spylltrans Translator Standard, Spylltrans Translator Multilingual, Spylltrans Translator for Networks
Language pairs:	DeEn (bidirectional) DeFr (bidirectional) DeEs (bidirectional) DeIt (bidirectional) DeNl (bidirectional) EnFr (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	Plain text, RTF, DOC
Special features:	Own word processor, interaction with external ones. Simultaneous use of dictionaries, network capabilities
Web information:	http://www.fjw-wonderworks.com/Start.htm
Price:	Spylltrans Translator PBI: 332 € Spylltrans Translator PB: 204 € Spylltrans Translator Standard: 179 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	*

Word Magic Interpreter

Manufacturer:	Word Magic Software, Costa Rica
Versions:	English-Spanish Interpreter Standard, English-Spanish Interpreter Deluxe
Language pairs:	EnEs (unidirectional)
Modules:	General Interface, module with dictionaries (Word Magic Tools).
File formats:	RTF, DOC, HTML, plain text, WordPerfect, Lotus
Special features:	Very friendly user interface, easy to use. Speech capabilities. Bi-directional. The dictionary module is also very user-friendly. Average/poor quality of translation
Web information:	http://www.wordmagic.co.cr
Price:	English-Spanish Interpreter Standard: 53 € English-Spanish Interpreter Deluxe: 310 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

Brall Software FB-Active Translator

Manufacturer:	Brall Software, Germany
Versions:	FB-Active Translator Standard Edition, FB-Active Translator Business Edition (two languages, dictionaries), FB-Active Translator Multilingual Business Edition (two languages, dictionaries, multilingual support)
Language pairs:	Unidirectional: EnDe, FrDe, NlDe, SwDe, ItDe, RuDe, Latin-De, Tagal-De, Hungarian-De, Finnish-De, Croatian-De, Polish-De
Modules:
File formats:	RTF, plain text, Web pages
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.brall.de/produkte/uebprg/activetrans/activetrans.html
Price:	FB-Active Translator - Empty Interface: 60 € FB-Active Translator - Standard Edition (DeEn): 99 € FB-Active Translator - Business Edition: 129 € FB-Active Translator - Multinational Business Edition: 189 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

ATA Al-Mutarjim Al-Arabey 2.0

Manufacturer:	ATA Software, United Kingdom
Versions:	Al-Mutarjim Al-Arabey 2.0
Language pairs:	EnAr (unidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:	Needs Arabic Windows version to run (3.1 or 95/98). It can interact with OCR software, can work simultaneously with six dictionaries.
Web information:	http://www.atasoft.com/products/index.htm
Price:
Additional information:	Not tested. Demo version (not installed) available at Sail-Labs Spain.
Evaluation:

KRDL Tapestry

Manufacturer:	Ken Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore
Versions:
Language pairs:	Bi-directional from English to/from: EnZh, En-Thai, En-Malaysian
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:	Includes a post-editor based in Word,
Web information:	http://knowledge.krdl.org.sg/MT
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:

TransWhiz English-Chinese Translation system

Manufacturer:
Versions:	TransWhiz Standard, TransWhiz Professional
Language pairs:	EnZh (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	MS Word compatible formats, Web pages.
Special features:	Professional version includes 11 additional dictionaries.
Web information:	http://www.translation.net/transwhiz.html
Price:	TransWhiz Standard (one direction): 266 € TransWhiz Standard (bidirectional): 480 € TransWhiz Professional (one direction): 480 € TransWhiz Professional (bidirectional): 854 €
Additional information:	This product was formerly TransPerfect.
Evaluation:

L&H Tsunami MT

Manufacturer:	L&H (initial language technology was developed by AiLogic, and Neocor was involved in developing the computing environment for non-Japanese Windows and in merchandising the final product. Both companies are now part of the L&H group)
Versions:	Tsunami MT
Language pairs:	EnJa (unidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	Main word processors compatible formats, HTML, e-mails.
Special features:	Japanese TrueType fonts, Kanji Reader and a Japanese Character table
Web information:	http://www.lhsl.com/mt/tsunamimt http://www.ailogic.co.jp
Price:	638 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

L&H Typhoon MT

Manufacturer: L&H (initial language technology was developed by AiLogic, and Neocor was involved in developing the computing environment for non-Japanese Windows and in merchandising the final product. Both companies are now part of the L&H group)

Versions: Typhoon MT

Language pairs: JaEn (unidirectional)

Modules:

File formats: Main word processors compatible formats, HTML, e-mails.

Special features: Japanese TrueType fonts, Kanji Reader

Web information: http://www.lhsl.com/mt/typhoonmt
http://www.ailogic.co.jp

Price: 638 €

Additional information:

Evaluation:

LEC Logovista

Manufacturer: Language Engineering Corporation, USA

Versions: Bi-directional versions (Logovista X Personal, Logovista X Internet), Uni-directional versions (Logovista E to J, Logovista J to E), Logovista QuickTransView, Pen Translator

Language pairs: EnJa (bidirectional)

Modules:

File formats: HTML, Standard Japanese word-processors formats

Special features: QuicTransView is an entry level product. Pen Translator includes an OCR pen for hardcopies.
Translation memory capabilities, technical dictionaries

Web information: http://www.lec.com

Price: Logovista X Pro 1.0 ExJ (full version): 1.929 €
Logovista X Pro 1.0 ExJ: 1.282 €
Logovista X Personal 1.0 ExJ: 805 €
Logovista E to J Pro 5.0: 1.068 €
Logovista E to J Personal 5.0: 424 €
Logovista QuickTransView 1.0: 106 €
Logovista E to J Pen Translator 1.0: 510 €

Additional information:

Evaluation:

Fujitsu Software Corporation TranslinGo 2.0

Manufacturer:	Fujitsu Software Corporation, USA
Versions:	TranslinGo, Translingo Plus
Language pairs:	EnJa (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	Web pages (HTML)
Special features:	Translation directly from Web browsers, from clipboard or from downloaded files. TranslinGo Plus includes a WebSearch function.
Web information:	http://translingo.com
Price:	TranslinGo: 105 € TranslinGo Plus: 170 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

Fujitsu Software Corporation Atlas 6.0

Manufacturer:	Fujitsu Software Corporation, USA
Versions:	ATLAS Double Pack (bidirectional), ATLAS JE, ATLAS EJ
Language pairs:	EnJa (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	Formats compatible with different word-processors
Special features:
Web information:	http://translingo.com
Price:	ATLAS DoublePack: 537 € ATLAS JE, EJ: 849 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

Nova PC-Transer

Manufacturer:	Nova, Japan
Versions:	PC-Transer/je, PC-Transer/ej, NetSurfer/ej, PAT-Transer, Eigo-de-Mail
Language pairs:	EnJa (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	HTML, MS Word compatible formats,
Special features:	Includes translation memory capabilities, specific text editor and 19 specific dictionaries. NetSurfer is an specific module for Web browsers. PAT-Transer is an specific module for translating patents. Eigo-de-Mail is a module for e-mails translation
Web information:	http://www.nova.co.jp/english/products.html
Price:	PC-Transer: 2.032 € PAT-Transer: 5.103 € NetSurfer: 305 € Eigo-de-Mail: 305 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

Softissimo Reverso

Manufacturer:	Softissimo, France
Versions:	Reverso Pro, Reverso Mac, Reverso Voice, Reverso Express
Language pairs:	FrRu (bidirectional) DeFr (bidirectional) EnFr (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	RTF, HTML, plain text files
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.softissimo.com
Price:	Reverso Pro (EnFr, FR-DE): 450 € Reverso Pro (FrRu): 550 € Reverso Voice: 100 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

Transbridge Instant

Manufacturer:	Transbridge International
Versions:	Transbridge Instant, Transbridge On-line Translator
Language pairs:	EnZh
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.t-bridge.com/esource.htm
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:

Trident L-Master 98

Manufacturer:	Trident Software, Ukrania
Versions:	Trident L-Master 98
Language pairs:	EnRu-Ukranian (trilingual)
Modules:
File formats:	MS Word & Windows applications compatible
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.trident.com.ua/index.html
Price:	66 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

L&H Apptek TranSphere Client

Manufacturer:	Apptek, USA (member of L&H)
Versions:	TranSphere
Language pairs:	EnAr (unidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:
Web information:	http://apptek.lhsl.com
Price:
Additional information:	Apptek offers also a TranSphere Client service (client translations retrieved from a server) in several language pairs
Evaluation:

ArabNet ArabTrans 2.0

Manufacturer:	ArabNet, Saudi Arabia
Versions:	ArabTrans 2.0
Language pairs:	EnAr (unidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.arab.net/arabtrans
Price:	292 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

Bilingual Software Translate Instant Spanish

Manufacturer:	Bilingual Software, USA
Versions:	Single User & Multiuser versions
Language pairs:	EnEs (unidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	MS Word, Corel Wordperfect compatible formats
Special features:
Web information:	http://instant-spanish.net http://www.bilingualsoftware.com
Price:	Single User license: 221 € Multiuser license: 731 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

PSP Translation Aide

Manufacturer:	PSP, Japan
Versions:
Language pairs:	EnJa (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.101language.com/mbt/transaid.html http://www.translation.net/transaid.html
Price:	198 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

CAT2

Manufacturer:	University of Saarbrucken (Germany)
Versions:
Language pairs:	- -
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.iai.uni-sb.de/en/cat2.html
Price:	- -
Additional information:	Not tested. No demo available.
Evaluation:

Linguistic Products PC-Translator

Manufacturer:	Linguistic Products Inc. (USA)
Versions:	PC-Translator 16 bits, PC-Translator 32 bits
Language pairs:	DaEn, DeEn, EnFr, EnNl, EnEs, EnIt, EnPt, EnSw
Modules:
File formats:	RTF files
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.pctranslator.com
Price:	PC-Translator 32 bits - 1114 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	- -

OKI Pensee

Manufacturer: OKI (Japan)

Versions: Pensee EnJa-JaEn

Language pairs: EnJa (bilingual)

Modules:

File formats:

Special features: Developed with Java

Web information: http://www.oki.co.jp/OKI/RDG/English/pensee/index.html

Price:

Additional information: No demo available, not tested

Evaluation: - -

IBM King POWER +

Manufacturer:	IBM Japan (Japan)
Versions:	IBM King POWER + of the Internet translation
Language pairs:	EnJa (bilingual)
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:	There is an specific version for Linux (only EnJa)
Web information:	http://www.ibm.co.jp/software/internet/king/index.html
Price:
Additional information:	Web informational site is in Japanese. The complete site can be translated using Elingo, for instance, that translate all the pages, not only the first one. The complete site offers interesting information about MT.
Evaluation:	- -

Fujitsu Limited Tr@nslingo V1.0

Manufacturer:	Fujitsu Software Corporation, USA
Versions:	tr@nslingo V1.0
Language pairs:	EnJa (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:	Web-based, served-client version of Translingo (see 2.32)
Web information:	http://translingo.com/index_e.html
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:

SALT 2.0

Manufacturer:	Centre d'Estudis i Iniciatives
Versions:	Salt 2.0
Language pairs:	EsCa
Modules:
File formats:	Microsoft Word 2000 compatible files
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.joanmelia.org
Price:	Free
Additional information:
Evaluation:

IBM WebSphere Translation Server

Manufacturer:	IBM (USA)
Versions:	IBM WebSphere Translation Server
Language pairs:	Bidirectional: EnEs, EnFr, DeEn, EnIt Unidirectional: EnJa, EnZh, English-Korean
Modules:	Integrated in the global WebSphere Server
File formats:	Web pages, e-mails, chats
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.ibm.com/news/2001/01/082.phtml
Price:	10.000 $ per processor
Additional information:
Evaluation:	- -

Falatudo 2000

Manufacturer:	PAC do Brasil LTDA (Brasil)
Versions:	Falatudo 2000
Language pairs:	Bidirectional: EnPt, EsPt, FrPt
Modules:
File formats:	Microsot Word compatible files, HTML
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.falatudo.com.br
Price:	80 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	- -

CITAC Translator

Manufacturer:	CITAC Ltd. (USA)
Versions:	CITAC Translator
Language pairs:	ZhEn
Modules:
File formats:	Microsoft Word compatible files, e-mail
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.citac-mt.com
Price:	From 1061 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:	- -

AutomaticTrans

Manufacturer:	AutomaticTrans (Spain)
Versions:
Language pairs:	EsCa
Modules:	Machine translation engine based in translation memories, used for daily translation of "El Periódico"
File formats:	- -
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.automatictrans.com
Price:	- -
Additional information:
Evaluation:	- -

3. Online Services

Lernout & Hauspie iTranslator

Corporation: Lernout & Hauspie

Language pairs: EnFr (bidirectional)
DeEn (bidirectional)
EnEs (bidirectional)
EnIt (bidirectional)
EnPt (bidirectional)
DeFr (bidirectional)
FrIt (bidirectional)
DeIt (bidirectional)
EsIt (bidirectional)

Special features:

Web information: http://www.itranslator.com
http://officeupdate.lhsl.com

Price: Free

Additional information: Microsoft uses this technology in its Office Update web site (see URL above).

Evaluation: **

E-lingo

Corporation:	e-lingo
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) EnEs (bidirectional) EnIt (bidirectional) EnPt (bidirectional) DeFr (bidirectional) FrIt (bidirectional) EsIt (bidirectional) FrRu (bidirectional) DeRu (bidirectional) ItRu (bidirectional) EnRu (bidirectional) EnJa (bidirectional) ItDe (unidirectional)
Special features:	Text, Web pages and e-mail on-line translation
Web information:	http://www.elingo.com
Price:	Corporate contracts. Samples available for free.
Additional information:	Uses technology provided by L&H and Transparent Languages
Evaluation:	**

Softissimo Reverso

Corporation:	Softissimo
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (unilingual) DeFr (bidirectional) EnEs (bidirectional) DeEn (unilingual) FrRu (unilingual) EnRu (unilingual)
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.reverso.net
Price:	Free
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

Transparent Language FreeTranslation

Corporation: Transparent Language, USA (now part of SDL International)

Language pairs: EnFr (bidirectional)
DeEn (bidirectional)
EnEs (bidirectional)
EnIt (unidirectional)
EnPt (unidirectional)
En-Norwegian (unidirectional)

Special features: Includes some advanced features, as special characters customisation

Web information: http://www.freetranslation.com

Price: Free for limited samples. Provides proof-reading and extra services with additional payment.

Additional information: Uses Transparent Language Technologies (TrascendRT)

Evaluation: **

SystraNet

Corporation:	Systran
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) EnEs (bidirectional) EnIt (bidirectional) EnPt (bidirectional) DeFr (bidirectional) FrIt (unidirectional) FrPt (unidirectional) FrNl (unidirectional) FrEs (unidirectional)
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.systranet.com http://www.systransoft.com http://www.systran.heisoft.de http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com
Price:	Free under subscription. Provides proof-reading and extra services with additional payment.
Additional information:	Uses Systran technology
Evaluation:	**

Sail-Labs Incyta

Corporation:	Sail-Labs, Germany
Language pairs:	EsCa (unidirectional)
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.incyta.es
Price:
Additional information:	Free demo (300 characters). Different services provided with additional payment. Ability to choose different dictionary modules.
Evaluation:	**

PROMT PITS

Corporation:	PROMT, Russia
Language pairs:	EnRu (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) EnFr (bidirectional) DeFr (bidirectional) EnEs (unidirectional)
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.translate.ru
Price:
Additional information:	Uses PROjectMT technology
Evaluation:	**

Cybertrans

Corporation:	Cybertrans, South Africa
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) Afrikaans-En (bidirectional) PtEn (unidirectional) En-Zulu (unidirectional) Tswana-En (unidirectional) Swahili-En (unidirectional)
Special features:
Web information:	http://lexica.epiuse.co.za http://www.pinksoftware.com/Trans
Price:
Additional information:	Tested in the second address
Evaluation:

IBM Alphaworks

Corporation: IBM, United States

Language pairs: Unidirectional from English to De, Es, Fr, It, Ja, Zh

Special features:

Web information: http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/aw.nsf/html/mt

Price:

Additional information:

Evaluation: **

Altavista Babelfish

Corporation:	Altavista
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) EnEs (bidirectional) EnIt (bidirectional) EnPt (bidirectional) DeFr (bidirectional) RuEn (unidirectional)
Special features:
Web information:	http://babelfish.altavista.com
Price:	Free service
Additional information:	Uses Systran technology
Evaluation:	**

Amikai

Corporation:	Amikai (USA)
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) EnEs (bidirectional) EnIt (bidirectional) EnPt (bidirectional) DeFr (bidirectional) EnJa (bidirectional) EnZh (unidirectional) En-Korean (unidirectional)
Special features:	Includes multilingual chat and e-mail translation, and also web sites translation.
Web information:	http://www.amikai.com
Price:	Free online service
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

Sakhr Tarjim

Corporation:	Sahkr (Egypt)
Language pairs:	ArEn (unidirectional)
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.tarjim.com
Price:	Internet portal, offers URL and text translation (copy & paste)
Additional information:
Evaluation:

InterNOSTRUM

Corporation:	Universitat d'Alacant, SoftCatalà
Language pairs:	EsCa (unidirectional)
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.internostrum.org
Price:	Free (maximum 2048 text characters)
Additional information:	Future implementation in Netscape Navigator 6 planned.
Evaluation:	**

PROMT-Online

Corporation:	PROMT (Russia)
Language pairs:	EnEs (unidirectional) DeEn (unidirectional) EnFr (bidirectional) EnRu (bidirectional) FrRu (bidirectional) DeFr (bidirectional) DeRu (bidirectional) ItRu (unidirectional
Special features:	Includes ProMT (see 2.10) and Reverso (see 2.35) technology
Web information:	http://www.translate.ru/eng
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

InterTran

Corporation:	Translation Experts, Ltd (USA)
Language pairs:	Bi-directional (from/to every language pair): Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Welsh
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.tranexp.com
Price:
Additional information:	It translates from/to every language, using English always as intermediate step. Bas translation quality, only usable as an online dictionary
Evaluation:	*

GPLTrans

Corporation:	GPLTrans (Belgium ?)
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) EnEs (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) EnPt (bidirectional)
Special features:
Web information:	http://gpltrans.grmbl.com
Price:	Free
Additional information:
Evaluation:	*

Foreignworld Translate Now

Corporation:	Foreignworld
Language pairs:	Afrikaans, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Welsh
Special features:	The site collects a set of online MT engines and provide an interface where the user selects a language direction and automatically the correspondant engines appers on screen
Web information:	http://www.foreignword.com/Tools/transnow.htm
Price:	Free
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

Voilà

Corporation:	Voilà (France)
Language pairs:	Bidirectional: EnFr, DeEn, FrRu, EnRu, DeRu Unidirectional: EnEs, EnDe, ItRu
Special features:	Includes Softissimo technology (see 2.35)
Web information:	http://trans.voila.fr
Price:	Free

Alis Gist-in-Time

Corporation: Alis Technologies (USA)

Language pairs: Bidirectional:
EnEs, EnFr, EnIt, DeEn, EnJa, EnPt,
Unidirectional:
EnZh

Special features:

Web information: http://www.teletranslator.com

Price: Free online translation of URL

Additional information: Es, Fr, It, De & Pt powered by Systran
Zh powered by IBM
Ja powered both by Systran & IBM

Evaluation: **

UNL System

Corporation:	Universal Networking Language Program (United Nations)
Language pairs:
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.unl.ias.unu.edu/unlsys/index.html
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:

T-Mail

Corporation:	T-Mail (USA)
Language pairs:	Bidirectional: EnFr, DeEn, EnIt, EnJa, EnPt, EnRu, EnEs, DeFr, FrIt, DeRu, ItEs Unidirectional: EnZh, FrRu, ItRu
Special features:	Translation of e-mails and Web pages.
Web information:	http://www.t-mail.com
Price:
Additional information:	The information available for this system is not specially transparent. The company does not develop language pairs, all the technology is external, but there is no information about the developers.
Evaluation:	*

Linguatec Personal Translator 2001

Corporation:	Linguatec (Germany)
Language pairs:	Bidirectional: DeFr, DeEn
Special features:	Test page for Personal Translator. Maximum length, 2000 words
Web information:	http://www.linguatec.de/service/pto
Price:
Additional information:	The translated text can be send via e-mail or via SMS
Evaluation:	***

AlMisbar

Corporation:	TransCo Solutions Ltd (United Kingdom)
Language pairs:	EnAr
Special features:	Translation of URL and text. The site includes also an online bidirectional dictionary English-Arabic.
Web information:	http://www.almisbar.com/salam_trans.html
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

Ectaco PolTran.com

Corporation:	Ectaco, Inc. (USA)
Language pairs:	English-Polish (bidirectional
Special features:	Online translation of text. Online bidirectional dictionary English-Polish.
Web information:	http://www.poltran.com
Price:	Free
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

EWGate EWTransLite

Corporation:	EWGate Limited (Singapore)
Language pairs:	EnZh, English-Malay (bidirectional)
Special features:	Online translation of text. Othe online MT features (e-mail translation, web translation)
Web information:	http://www.ewgate.com/ewtranslite.html
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:	--

4. Linux Platform

GPLTrans

Corporation: Developed under SourceForge (Linux Development Group)

Language pairs: EnFr, DeEn, EnEs, EnIt, EnPt, English-Dutch, English-Indonesian, English-Latin (bidirectional)

Special features: Project developed under a Linux site, with all the source code available to download. It runs under POSIX.

Web information: http://www.translator.cx
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpltrans

Price: Linux Freeware

Additional information: Very interesting project for development

Evaluation: At current time, very bad quality

5. Support Tools

EvalTrans

Corporation: RWTH-Aachen (Germany)

Purpose: Translation quality evaluation tool for MT systems

Special features:

Web information: http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/HTML/Forschung/Uebersetzung/Evaluation/EvalTrans.html

Price: Free

Additional information:

Evaluation: Not tested

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*Abbreviation*	*Language*	*Products related*
Ar	Arabic	2.6 - 2.16 - 2.21 - 2.22 - 2.26 - 2.38 - 2.39 3.12 - 3.23
Ca	Catalan	2.17 - 2.51 - 3.7
Zh	Chinese	2.3 - 2.6 - 2.16 - 2.27 - 2.28 - 2.37 - 2.48 -2.50 3.11 - 3.19 - 3.21 - 3.25
Da	Danish	2.6 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.43 3.15
De	German	2.1 - 2.2 - 2.3 - 2.4 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.10 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.23 - 2.25 - 2.36 - 2.43 - 2.48 3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.4 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.8 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.18 - 3.19 - 3.21 - 3.22
En	English	2.1 - 2.2 - 2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.10 - 2.11- 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.18 - 2.19 - 2.20 - 2.21 - 2.22 - 2.23 - 2.24 - 2.25 - 2.26 - 2.27 - 2.28 - 2.29 - 2.30 - 2.31 - 2.32 - 2.33 - 2.34 - 2.35 - 2.36 - 2.37 - 2.38 - 2.39 - 2.40 - 2.41 - 2.43 - 2.44 - 2.45 - 2.46 - 2.48 - 2.49 - 2.50 3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.4 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.8 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.12 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.18 - 3.19 - 3.21 - 3.22 - 3.23 - 3.24 - 3.25
Es	Spanish	2.1 - 2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.17 - 2.20 - 2.23 - 2.24 - 2.40 - 2.43 - 2.48 - 2.49 - 2.51 3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.4 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.7 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.18 - 3.19 - 3.21
Fr	French	2.1 - 2.3 - 2.4 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.10 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.21 - 2.22 - 2.23 - 2.25 - 2.36 - 2.43 - 2.48 - 2.49 3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.4 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.8 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.18 -3.19 - 3.21 - 3.22
It	Italian	2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.18 - 2.19 - 2.23 - 2.25 - 2.43 - 2.48 3.1 - 3.3 - 3.3 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.9 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.15 - 3.18 -3.19 - 3.21
Ja	Japanese	2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.9 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.16 - 2.29 - 2.30 - 2.31 - 2.32 - 2.33 - 2.34 - 2.35 - 2.41 - 2.44 - 2.45 - 2.46 - 2.48 3.3 - 3.11 - 3.15 - 3.19 - 3.21
Nl	Dutch	2.6 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.23 - 2.25 - 2.43 3.15
Pt	Portuguese	2.3 - 2.5 - 2.6 - 2.7 - 2.8 - 2.9 - 2.12 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.43 - 2.49 3.1 - 3.2 - 3.3 - 3.5 - 3.6 - 3.10 - 3.11 - 3.15 - 3.16 - 3.19 - 3.21
Ru	Russian	2.1 - 2.3 - 2.6 - 2.10 - 2.11 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.16 - 2.25 - 2.36 - 2.37 3.8 - 3.10 - 3.14 - 3.15 - 3.18 - 3.21
Sw	Swedish	2.6 - 2.13 - 2.14 - 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.25 - 2.43 3.15

Manufacturer:	Language Engineering Corporation, USA
Versions:	Bi-directional versions (Logovista X Personal, Logovista X Internet), Uni-directional versions (Logovista E to J, Logovista J to E), Logovista QuickTransView, Pen Translator
Language pairs:	EnJa (bidirectional)
Modules:
File formats:	HTML, Standard Japanese word-processors formats
Special features:	QuicTransView is an entry level product. Pen Translator includes an OCR pen for hardcopies. Translation memory capabilities, technical dictionaries
Web information:	http://www.lec.com
Price:	Logovista X Pro 1.0 ExJ (full version): 1.929 € Logovista X Pro 1.0 ExJ: 1.282 € Logovista X Personal 1.0 ExJ: 805 € Logovista E to J Pro 5.0: 1.068 € Logovista E to J Personal 5.0: 424 € Logovista QuickTransView 1.0: 106 € Logovista E to J Pen Translator 1.0: 510 €
Additional information:
Evaluation:

Manufacturer:	OKI (Japan)
Versions:	Pensee EnJa-JaEn
Language pairs:	EnJa (bilingual)
Modules:
File formats:
Special features:	Developed with Java
Web information:	http://www.oki.co.jp/OKI/RDG/English/pensee/index.html
Price:
Additional information:	No demo available, not tested
Evaluation:	- -

Corporation:	Lernout & Hauspie
Language pairs:	EnFr (bidirectional) DeEn (bidirectional) EnEs (bidirectional) EnIt (bidirectional) EnPt (bidirectional) DeFr (bidirectional) FrIt (bidirectional) DeIt (bidirectional) EsIt (bidirectional)
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.itranslator.com http://officeupdate.lhsl.com
Price:	Free
Additional information:	Microsoft uses this technology in its Office Update web site (see URL above).
Evaluation:	**

Corporation:	IBM, United States
Language pairs:	Unidirectional from English to De, Es, Fr, It, Ja, Zh
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/aw.nsf/html/mt
Price:
Additional information:
Evaluation:	**

Corporation:	Alis Technologies (USA)
Language pairs:	Bidirectional: EnEs, EnFr, EnIt, DeEn, EnJa, EnPt, Unidirectional: EnZh
Special features:
Web information:	http://www.teletranslator.com
Price:	Free online translation of URL
Additional information:	Es, Fr, It, De & Pt powered by Systran Zh powered by IBM Ja powered both by Systran & IBM
Evaluation:	**

Corporation:	Developed under SourceForge (Linux Development Group)
Language pairs:	EnFr, DeEn, EnEs, EnIt, EnPt, English-Dutch, English-Indonesian, English-Latin (bidirectional)
Special features:	Project developed under a Linux site, with all the source code available to download. It runs under POSIX.
Web information:	http://www.translator.cx http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpltrans
Price:	Linux Freeware
Additional information:	Very interesting project for development
Evaluation:	At current time, very bad quality

Corporation:	RWTH-Aachen (Germany)
Purpose:	Translation quality evaluation tool for MT systems
Special features:
Web information:	http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/HTML/Forschung/Uebersetzung/Evaluation/EvalTrans.html
Price:	Free
Additional information:
Evaluation:	Not tested