With the World Wide Web growing a neck-break speed, more and more information are now being made available online from all corners of the world. And when one refers to all corners of the world, one is clear about the numerous dialects as well as languages that are used world over.
The World Wide Web is also no exception; with more and more languages being digitized, one can today get content in almost any possible language on the web. And how about one gets stuck with a piece of information that is important but one is not able to decode because he doesn’t know that language?
Translation and translators are something not very easy to manage at times of crisis; especially when it comes to online information. Babel Fish from Yahoo! is somewhat a saviour in a situation like this. With a data dictionary that covers almost all the major as well as least used languages seen online; Babel Fish truly is a online application to save the day.
The company no doubt was developed independently and was soon after taken over by AltaVista in 2003 (after its development in 1999), and was finally owned by Yahoo! in 2008 and even now is still under its custody. Babel Fish not only is a premier web translation service but it also powers numerous web-based as well as offline applications for their smooth running. It also serves as a dictionary to many self-translating website out on the World Wide Web which take it as the reference point to carry on the translation based on user’s request.
The World Wide Web is also no exception; with more and more languages being digitized, one can today get content in almost any possible language on the web. And how about one gets stuck with a piece of information that is important but one is not able to decode because he doesn’t know that language?
Translation and translators are something not very easy to manage at times of crisis; especially when it comes to online information. Babel Fish from Yahoo! is somewhat a saviour in a situation like this. With a data dictionary that covers almost all the major as well as least used languages seen online; Babel Fish truly is a online application to save the day.
Introduction
Babel Fish basically is a service from popular search provider Yahoo!; capable of translating simple plain texts to an entire webpage, Babel Fish converts from one to many languages of choice. The service was originally owned by AltaVista which was only later procured by Yahoo. Babel Fish is one of the most sought after applications when we talk of online translations to come through.Official Yahoo! Babel Fish Website
Checkout Yahoo! Babel Fish here - http://babelfish.yahoo.com/Main Course
Babel Fish has the technology that powers most of the language processes online; SYSTRAN. It powers most of the online translations and web applications that need specific language tools. SYSTRAN is one of the oldest machine translation companies and has been known to be one of the best in the field. Babel Fish takes care of major languages like French, Spanish, German, etc. and not to forget of course English among the major languages. It also has dictionaries of Hebrew as well as Chinese (trad) among all other languages. Incorporating one of the oldest and experienced machine translation companies, Babel Fish has almost all possible languages found anywhere online.The company no doubt was developed independently and was soon after taken over by AltaVista in 2003 (after its development in 1999), and was finally owned by Yahoo! in 2008 and even now is still under its custody. Babel Fish not only is a premier web translation service but it also powers numerous web-based as well as offline applications for their smooth running. It also serves as a dictionary to many self-translating website out on the World Wide Web which take it as the reference point to carry on the translation based on user’s request.
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