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Comparison of machine translation applications

A machine translation application is a program which can translate text or speech from one natural language to another. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

General information

Basic general information for popular Machine translation applications.

Name	Official Website	Platform	License	Price	Latest stable release	Source availa- bility	Notes
Apertium	Apertium	Unix compa- tible Precom- piled packages available for Debian GNU/ Linux	GNU General Public License	Free	3.0	Yes
Open- Logos	Open- Logos	Windows, Linux	GPL or Paid	Free or not	1.0.3	Yes
Google Translate	Google Translate	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware	Free	Beta	No	Based origi- nally on SYSTRAN [1]
Babel Fish	Babel Fish	Cross-platform (Web applica-tion)	Freeware	Free	?	No	Based on SYSTRAN
Windows Live Translator	Windows Live Translator	Cross-platform (Web applica- tion)	Freeware	Free	Final	No	Based originally on SYSTRAN
SYSTRAN	SYSTRAN	Cross-platform (Web applica-tion)	Freeware	Free	?	No
GramTrans	GramTrans	Cross-platform (Web applica-tion)	Freeware	Free	?	No
Promt	PROMT	Cross-platform (Web applica-tion)	Freeware	Free	8.0	No	Rules based machine transla- tion
Meta-Morpho	webforditas.hu	Cross-platform (Web applica-tion)	Freeware	Free	?	No
SDL Interna-tional	freetransla-tion.com	Cross- platform (Web applica- tion)	Freeware/ Human translation	Free Automatic Translation / Human Translation 0.10$ per word	?	No
Babylon	babylon.com	Windows, Mac	Paid	Depend on license (from 34$ to 89$ for one license)	7.0	No
Applied Language Solutions	Applied Language	Cross- platform (Web applica- tion)	Freeware	Free	?	No
InterTran	InterTran	?	Paid	?	?	No
World- Lingo	WorldLingo	?	Paid	(30 USD/month for 2 languages, 203 for 14)	?	No

Languages features comparison

The following table compares the amount of languages which the following machine translation programs can translate between.

Language		Aper-tium	Google Tran-slate	Babel Fish	Win- dows Live Trans-lator	Gram-Trans	SYS-TRAN	1-800-trans-late	PROMT	Meta-Morpho	App- lied Langu-age Solu tions	Tran-sla- tion Exp- erts
To Eng-lish	Chinese (Simpli- fied) to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
	Chinese (Tradi-tional) to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
	Spanish to English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Japanese to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
	German to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	French to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Welsh to English	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Korean to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
	Tagalog to English	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Italian to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Portu- guese to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Russian to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Dutch to English	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Arabic to English	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
	Polish to English	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
	Swedish to English	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Turkish to English	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
	Persian to English	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Roma-nian to English	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Czech to English	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Hebrew to English	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Danish to English	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Finnish to English	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Hunga- rian to English	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
	Greek to English	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Catalan to English	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Norwe- gian to English	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Serbo-Croatian to English	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	No	Yes
	Ukrai- nian to English	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Hindi to English	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No
Language		Aper-tium	Google Tran-slate	Babel Fish	Win- dows Live Trans-lator	Gram-Trans	SYS-TRAN	1-800-trans-late	PROMT	Meta-Morpho	App- lied Langu-age Solu tions	Tran-sla- tion Exp- erts
To Chinese (Simpl-ified)	English to Chinese (Simpli- fied)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
To Chinese (Tradi-tional)	English to Chinese (Tradi-tional)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
To Spanish	English to Spanish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Russian to Spanish	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
	French to Spanish	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	German to Spanish	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
To Japa-nese	English to Japa- nese	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
To Ger- man	English to German	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	French to German	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Spanish to German	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Russian to German	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
To French	English to French	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	German to French	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Spanish to French	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Russian to French	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Dutch to French	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	Yes
To Korean	English to Korean	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
To Italian	English to Italian	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
To Portu-guese	English to Portu-guese	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
To Rus- sian	English to Russian	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	French to Russian	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Spanish to Russian	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
	German to Russian	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Italian to Russian	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
To Dutch	English to Dutch	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
To Dutch	French to Dutch	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	Yes
Language		Aper-tium	Google Tran-slate	Babel Fish	Win- dows Live Trans-lator	Gram-Trans	SYS-TRAN	1-800-trans-late	PROMT	Meta-Morpho	App- lied Langu-age Solu tions	Tran-sla- tion Exp- erts
To Arabic	English to Arabic	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
To Polish	English to Polish	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
To Swedish	English to Swedish	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Turkish	English to Turkish	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
To Persian	English to Persian	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
To Roma-nian	English to Roma- nian	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Czech	English to Czech	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Hebrew	English to Hebrew	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
To Danish	English to Danish	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Finnish	English to Finnish	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Hunga-rian	English to Hunga- rian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Greek	English to Greek	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Catalan	English to Catalan	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Norwe-gian	English to Norwe- gian	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Serbo-Croatian	English to Serbo-Croatian	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
To Ukra-inian	English to Ukrai- nian	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No
To Hindi	English to Hindi	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No
Total (confirmed)		6	57	30	25	6	36	32	24	2	34	?

Comparison of machine translation applications

Comparison of machine translation applications

General information

Languages features comparison

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