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'''Bing Translator''' (previously ''Live Search Translator'' and ''Windows Live Translator'') is a service provided by [[Microsoft]] as part of its [[Bing (search engine)|Bing]] services which allow users to translate texts or entire web pages into different languages. All translation pairs are powered by Microsoft Translation (previously [[Systran]]), developed by [[Microsoft Research]], as its backend translation software. Two transliteration pairs (between Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified) are provided by Microsoft's Windows International team.<ref>[http://blogs.msdn.com/translation/archive/2008/09/08/translation-powered-by-microsoft-translator.aspx Windows Live Translator Team Blog: Translation powered by....Microsoft Translator!]</ref> Computer-related texts are translated by Microsoft's own syntax-based [[statistical machine translation]] technology. |
'''Bing Translator''' (previously ''Live Search Translator'' and ''Windows Live Translator'') is a service provided by [[Microsoft]] as part of its [[Bing (search engine)|Bing]] services which allow users to translate texts or entire web pages into different languages. All translation pairs are powered by Microsoft Translation (previously [[Systran]]), developed by [[Microsoft Research]], as its backend translation software. Two transliteration pairs (between Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified) are provided by Microsoft's Windows International team.<ref>[http://blogs.msdn.com/translation/archive/2008/09/08/translation-powered-by-microsoft-translator.aspx Windows Live Translator Team Blog: Translation powered by....Microsoft Translator!]</ref> Computer-related texts are translated by Microsoft's own syntax-based [[statistical machine translation]] technology. |
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Revision as of 09:37, 3 June 2009
| File:Windows Live Translator.jpg Live Search Translator translating between English and Chinese Traditional with computer-related content translation enabled | |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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| Stable release | Final
/ 2009-06-03 |
| Type | Language translation |
| Website | http://www.bing.com/translator |
Bing Translator (previously Live Search Translator and Windows Live Translator) is a service provided by Microsoft as part of its Bing services which allow users to translate texts or entire web pages into different languages. All translation pairs are powered by Microsoft Translation (previously Systran), developed by Microsoft Research, as its backend translation software. Two transliteration pairs (between Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified) are provided by Microsoft's Windows International team.[1] Computer-related texts are translated by Microsoft's own syntax-based statistical machine translation technology.
Features
In addition to standard text and web page translation, Bing Translator includes several additional features:
- When translating an entire web page, or when the user selects "Translate this page" in Bing search results, the Bilingual Viewer will be shown which allows users to browse the original web page text and translation in parallel, supported by synchronized highlights, scrolling, and navigation
- Four Bilingual Viewer layouts are available:
- Side by side
- Top and bottom
- Original with hover translation
- Translation with hover original
- Add-in for website owners to add a drop-down menu to their website for translating it into another language supported by Bing Translator
- Any-to-Any language translation pairs[2]
- Automatically detect the language of the text or website being translated[2]
- Ability to easily reverse the translation direction[2]
- Integration with Internet Explorer 8 Bing Translator Accelerator[2]
Language options
Languages currently available for translation provided by Live Search Translator include:
- Arabic
- Chinese Simplified
- Chinese Traditional
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish