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.