13 July 2006

Microsoft Office 2007 beta includes automatic translation module

2007 beta has recently been made available on the Microsoft site – with a document translation module. Machine translation is free of charge, a quote system for "human" translation services is included in partnership with WorldLingo. Office enables users to automatically translate a selected text or a complete document with a simple click of the mouse, but the translated document is available only on the HTML format.

Document translation is currently available from and to the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.