Comparison of machine translation applications

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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.

[edit] General information

Basic general information for popular Machine translation applications.

Name Official Website Platform License Price Latest stable release Notes
Apertium Apertium Unix compatible
Precompiled packages available for Debian GNU/Linux		 GPL Free 3.0
OpenLogos OpenLogos Linux GPL Free 1.0.3
Google Translate Google Translate Cross-platform (Web application) Freeware Free Beta
Babel Fish Babel Fish Cross-platform (Web application) Freeware Free ? Based on SYSTRAN
Windows Live Translator Windows Live Translator Cross-platform (Web application) Freeware Free Final Based on SYSTRAN
SYSTRAN SYSTRAN Cross-platform (Web application) Freeware Free ?
GramTrans GramTrans Cross-platform (Web application) Freeware Free ?
Promt PROMT Cross-platform (Web application) Freeware Free 8.0 Rules based machine translation
MetaMorpho webforditas.hu Cross-platform (Web application) Freeware Free ?
SDL International freetranslation.com Cross-platform (Web application) Freeware/Human translation Free Automatic Translation / Human Translation 0.10$ per word ?
Babylon babylon.com Windows Shareware Depend on license (from 34$ to 89$ for one license) 7.0
Appled Language Solutions Applied Language Cross-platform (Web application) Freeware Free ?

[edit] Languages features comparison

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

Language Apertium Google Translate Babel Fish Windows Live Translator GramTrans SYSTRAN 1-800-translate PROMT MetaMorpho Applied Language Solutions
To English Chinese (Simplified) to English No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Chinese (Traditional) to English No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Spanish to English Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Japanese to English No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
German to English No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
French to English No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Korean to English No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Italian to English No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Portuguese to English No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Russian to English No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Dutch to English No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Arabic to English No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Polish to English No Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No
Swedish to English No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No
Turkish to English No No No No No No Yes No No No
Persian to English No No No No No No Yes No No No
Romanian to English No Yes No No No No No No No No
Czech to English No Yes No No No No No No No No
Hebrew to English No No No No No No Yes No No No
Danish to English No Yes No No Yes No No No No No
Finnish to English No Yes No No No No No No No No
Hungarian to English No No No No No No No No Yes No
Greek to English No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No
Catalan to English Yes No No No No No No No No No
Norwegian to English No Yes No No Yes No No No No No
Serbo-Croatian to English No No No No No No ? No No No
Ukrainian to English No No No No No No No No No No
Hindi to English No Yes No No No No ? No No No
Language Apertium Google Translate Babel Fish Windows Live Translator GramTrans SYSTRAN 1-800-translate PROMT MetaMorpho Applied Language Solutions
To Chinese (Simplified) English to Chinese (Simplified) No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
To Chinese (Traditional) English to Chinese (Traditional) No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
To Spanish English to Spanish Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Russian to Spanish No Yes No No No No ? Yes No No
French to Spanish Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? Yes No Yes
German to Spanish No Yes No No No No ? Yes No No
To Japanese English to Japanese No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
To German English to German No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
French to German No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes No Yes
Spanish to German No Yes No No No No ? Yes No No
Russian to German No Yes No No No No ? Yes No No
To French English to French No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
German to French No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes No Yes
Spanish to French Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? Yes No Yes
Russian to French No Yes No No No No ? Yes No No
Dutch to French No Yes Yes No No Yes ? No No Yes
To Korean English to Korean No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
To Italian English to Italian No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
To Portuguese English to Portuguese No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
To Russian English to Russian No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
French to Russian No Yes No No No No ? Yes No No
Spanish to Russian No Yes No No No No ? Yes No No
German to Russian No Yes No No No No ? Yes No No
Italian to Russian No Yes No No No No ? Yes No No
To Dutch English to Dutch No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
French to Dutch No Yes Yes No No Yes ? No No Yes
Language Apertium Google Translate Babel Fish Windows Live Translator GramTrans SYSTRAN 1-800-translate PROMT MetaMorpho Applied Language Solutions
To Arabic English to Arabic No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
To Polish English to Polish No Yes No No No No Yes No No No
To Swedish English to Swedish No Yes No No No Yes No No No No
To Turkish English to Turkish No No No No No No Yes No No No
To Persian English to Persian No No No No No No Yes No No No
To Romanian English to Romanian No Yes No No No No No No No No
To Czech English to Czech No Yes No No No No No No No No
To Hebrew English to Hebrew No No No No No No Yes No No No
To Danish English to Danish No Yes No No Yes No No No No No
To Finnish English to Finnish No Yes No No No No No No No No
To Hungarian English to Hungarian No No No No No No No No Yes No
To Greek English to Greek No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No
To Catalan English to Catalan Yes No No No No No No No No No
To Norwegian English to Norwegian No Yes No No Yes No No No No No
To Serbo-Croatian English to Serbo-Croatian No No No No No No No No No No
To Ukrainian English to Ukrainian No No No No No No ? No No No
To Hindi English to Hindi No Yes No No No No ? No No No
Total (confirmed) 6 57 30 25 6 36 32 24 2 34

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