News from the Machine Translator blog (via Vasudev), that a new version of Windows Live Translator is available, including links to the Encarta online dictionary, and a paid human translation service, from Live Translation. The blog poster, Helvecio Ribeiro, a Microsoft Research Test Lead for the Machine Translation team, posted a quick webcast on SkyDrive which takes you through the new features:
The new features are only available for a subset of the available Translator languages, and you will not see the Encarta or Live Translator options unless you have chosen a supported language.
Encarta Online Dictionary language support:
- English to Spanish
- Spanish to English
- English to French
- French to English
- English to German
- German to English
- English to Italian
- Italian to English
Live Translation language support:
- English to Spanish
- Spanish to English
- English to German
- German to English
- English to Italian
- Italian to English
- English to French
- French to English
- English to Portuguese
- Portuguese to English
Not much word on other features/improvements, Helvecio promises a press release soon.