WhiteSmoke Launches WhiteSmoke Translator Beta

WILMINGTON, Delaware -

- A Text Translation Tool for the Desktop and the Web

WhiteSmoke announces the immediate availability of WhiteSmoke Translator in beta mode, a software application for translating single words and whole texts. Based on Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) technology and algorithms that “learn” sentence structure and word context, WhiteSmoke Translator produces high quality translations for single words and full texts, with 55 language pairs to be supported by the end of 2009. The product is available now as a free download, and will remain beta while improvements are made to the service based on user queries.

Hilla Ovil-Brenner, WhiteSmoke CEO, explains, “WhiteSmoke Translator is designed for use by professional translators, people working in multi-lingual environments, and ESL learners of all ages. It offers an intelligent translation solution that works alongside any text-based application. We are very excited about the value this product brings to our users, and how it complements our existing language solution products.”

Translate Single Words and Full Texts with Ease

WhiteSmoke Translator currently provides word-to-word translation between 45 language pairs, and full text translation between 10 language pairs. Every translated word has a sample sentence in the target language; word definition lookups in English feature a rich set of results including synonyms and antonyms.

A Unique Translation Solution

WhiteSmoke Translator gives many advantages to the user in comparison to existing web-based and desktop offering on the market:

- A user-friendly launch process. Simply select text in any application, and launch Translator with a single click - no copy/paste required. - Rich dictionaries. Translator’s dictionaries have many more terms than most competing products. - No downloads required. After downloading the actual software, all dictionaries are taken care of as a web service. - Translator can speak slang. The algorithms that power WhiteSmoke Translator have been tuned to detect spoken language and slang terms, and can translate them with great success.

Example Translations

Idiomatic and Slang Terms (En) “Hold your horses! - (Sp) “Espera!” (En) “He’s a cool guy.” - (Sp) “Él’s un tipo genial.” (En) “He kicked the bucket.” - (Sp) “Él murió.” Standard Text (Fr) Les fumeurs pourront bientôt acheter leurs cigarettes sur Internet - (En) Smokers will be able to buy their cigarettes on the Internet (Fr) La version de la Commission des Finances a l’avantage de permettre une réduction du déficit budgétaire de 81 milliards de dollars sur 10 ans - (En) The version of the Commission of finance has the advantage of allowing a reduction in the budget deficit of 81 billion over 10 years. Ger) Verletzt wurde bei der Aktion niemand. - (En) No one was injured in the action.

Text Translation Software that Learns and Grows

Liran Brenner, VP of R&D at WhiteSmoke, says, “Our text translation algorithms have been in development for several years, and we are proud to boast one of the most sophisticated translation systems currently available.” Oded Boroshi, Director of Translation Services at WhiteSmoke, continues, “By analyzing hundreds of millions of texts, we understand which words to use for translation in which contexts, and the algorithms improve constantly as they scan more text.”

A Ripe Market for Intelligent Translation Solutions

Amit Greener, VP of Marketing at WhiteSmoke, claims, “In this global world, people from different countries do business together regularly. The challenge of this international communication can be made easier by using WhiteSmoke Translator, a tool that helps bridge the language barrier. Likewise, in academic settings, WhiteSmoke Translator can be used to do wide research across languages with great ease.”

About WhiteSmoke

WhiteSmoke is a world-leading company in the field of English writing technologies, with products that correct, enhance, and translate texts. As well as desktop applications, WhiteSmoke makes its technologies available through various channels, such as a browser-based text editor, and specialized OEM versions designed for integration with 3rd party service providers.

See the WhiteSmoke website for further information:

www.whitesmoke.com/ws2010/

Contact Amit Greener, VP Marketing Ph: +118778151535 marketing@whitesmoke.com

Source: WhiteSmoke Inc

Contact: Amit Greener, VP Marketing, Ph: +118778151535, marketing at whitesmoke.com