Comparison of machine translation applications

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A machine translation application is a program that attempts to translate text or speech from one natural language to another. Machine translation applications have become relevant to the modern language industry. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

General information

Basic general information for popular Machine translation applications.

Name	Platform	License	Price	Latest stable release	Source availability	Notes
tauyou by tauyou <language technology>.	Cross-Platform (Web Application)	Commercial	Monthly Subscription	6.3	No	tauyou machine translation (MT) service allows any company in the translation industry to integrate MT into their workflows, both to reduce costs and delivery times with human post-editing, and to solve new problems thanks to high-quality domain-specific machine translation.
KantanMT.com by Xcelerator Machine Translations Ltd.	WEB, Windows, MAC, Linux	Commercial	Monthly Subscription	5.0	No	KantanMT.com provides the leading cloud-based Machine Translation platform for the localization industry. It offers everything needed to integrate Machine Translation technology into corporate communication channels and localization workflows.
Slate by Precision Translation Tools	Windows, Linux (i86-64)	LGPL, GPL, AGPL	No Fee Required or US$50 package fee	1.0	Yes	Package distribution of SMT binaries and scripts from Moses, MGIZA++ and Precision Translation Tools. Slate is the first SMT platform to train, tune and translate on native MS Windows machines without the performance bottleneck of the Cygwin emulation layer.
Asia Online Language Studio	Windows, Linux, Web	Proprietary software	Depends on configuration.	2.1	No	Language Studio is a server platform for mass scale translation designed as well as a set of desktop tools to aid in translation. Language Studio is a hybrid rules-based and statistical machine translation (SMT) platform.
Apertium	Unix compatible Precompiled packages available for Debian	GPL	No Fee Required	3.1.1	Yes	Rule-based, shallow transfer; all programs and language data are free and open source
Anusaaraka	Unix compatible	GPL	No Fee Required	0.50	Yes	Rule-based, deep parser based, paninian framework based; all programs and language data are free and open-source
IBM	Cross-platform	Proprietary software	Commercial	?	No	Both rule-based and statistical models developed by IBM Research. Only the rule-based engine is available as a product, WebSphere Translation Server.
lingenio translate	Windows Web-Application iOS, Android]	Commercial	single users from 39,99€ network from 549,00€	12.1	No	Rule-based
OpenLogos	Windows, Linux	GPL or Paid initiative taker	No Fee Required	1.0.3	Yes	Rule-based, deep transfer
Moses (machine translation)	Cross-platform	LGPL	No Fee Required	3.0^[1]	Yes	Drop-in replacement for Pharaoh, features factored translation models and decoding of confusion networks.
Moses for Mere Mortals	Ubuntu Linux	GPL	No Fee Required	2014-11-16	Yes	Free open source; based on Moses; translation memories integration.
NiuTrans	Cross-platform	GPL	No fee required	1.1.0	Yes	Competitive performance for Chinese translation tasks; statistical machine translation. Supports phrase-based, hierarchical phrase-based, and syntax-based (string-to-tree, tree-to-string, and tree-to-tree) models for research purposes.
Google Translate	Cross-platform (Web application)	SaaS	No fee required	Beta	No	Statistical
Bing Translator	Cross-platform (Web application)	SaaS	No fee required	Final	No	Microsoft's linguistically informed statistical MT system
Yandex.Translate	Cross-platform (Web application)	SaaS	No fee required		No
SAIC Omnifluent	Windows, Linux, Web, i0S	Commercial License, Server, SaaS	Depends on configuration	3.0	No	Hybrid machine translation combines rule-based machine translation and statistical machine translation, integrated with automatic speech recognition on a single platform that translates text and audio files.
SYSTRAN	Cross-platform (Web application)	Proprietary software	$200 (desktop) – $15,000 and up (enterprise server)	Version 7	No	Hybrid rules-based and SMT
GramTrans	Cross-platform (Web application)	Freeware	No Required Fee	?	No	Rule-based, using constraint grammar
Promt	Cross-platform (Web application)	Proprietary software	Commercial	9.5	No	Hybrid rules-based and SMT
SDL Language Weaver	Cross-platform (Web application)	Commercial	Commercial	?	No
Babylon	Windows, Mac	Proprietary software	Depend on license ($9.90–$89 for one license)	10.3	No	Prompts to install the Babylon Toolbar, a browser hijacker which is difficult to remove.^[2]^[3]
IdiomaX	Windows, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile	Proprietary software	Depends on configuration	6.0	No	Rule-based
Transsoftware	Windows	Proprietary software	Commercial	1.0	No

Languages features comparison

The following table compares the number of languages which the following machine translation programs can translate between. (Moses allows you to train translation models for any language pair, though collections of translated texts (parallel corpus) need to be provided.)

This is not an all-encompassing list. For example, Google and Asia Online have many more language pairs than those listed below. This is a general comparison of key languages only. A full and accurate list of language pairs supported by each product should be found on each of the products websites.

Language		Asia Online	Apertium	OpenLogos	Google Translate	Moses for Mere Mortals	Babel Fish	Bing Translator	GramTrans	SYSTRAN	1-800-translate	PROMT	WorldLingo	IdiomaX	SAIC Omnifluent	lingenio translate
To English	Arabic to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Catalan to English	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Chinese (Simplified) to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Chinese (Traditional) to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Czech to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Danish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Dutch to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Esperanto to English	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Estonian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Finnish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	French to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Galician to English	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	German to English	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Greek to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Haitian Creole to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Hebrew to English	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Hindi to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Hungarian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Indonesian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Irish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Italian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Japanese to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Korean to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Latvian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Lithuanian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Macedonian to English	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Malay to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Maltese to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Norwegian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Persian to English	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Polish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Portuguese to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Portuguese (Brazilian) to English	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Romanian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Russian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Serbo-Croatian to English	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No
	Slovak to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Slovene to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Spanish to English	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Swedish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Tagalog to English	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Thai to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Turkish to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Ukrainian to English	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
	Welsh to English	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Language		Asia Online	Apertium	OpenLogos	Google Translate	Moses for Mere Mortals	Babel Fish	Bing Translator	GramTrans	SYSTRAN	1-800-translate	PROMT	WorldLingo	IdiomaX	SAIC Omnifluent
Chinese (Simplified)	English to Chinese (Simplified)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Chinese (Simplified)	German to Chinese (Simplified)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Chinese (Traditional)	English to Chinese (Traditional)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Chinese (Traditional)	German to Chinese (Traditional)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Dutch	English to Dutch	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Dutch	French to Dutch	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
To French	English to French	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	German to French	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Spanish to French	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Catalan to French	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Russian to French	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Dutch to French	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Italian to French	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Breton to French	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Galician	English to Galician	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Portuguese to Galician	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Spanish to Galician	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To German	Chinese (Simplified) to German	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Chinese (Traditional) to German	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	English to German	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	French to German	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Spanish to German	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Russian to German	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Italian to German	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
To Italian	English to Italian	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Spanish to Italian	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	French to Italian	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	German to Italian	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
To Japanese	English to Japanese	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Japanese	German to Japanese	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
To Korean	English to Korean	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Portuguese	English to Portuguese	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Russian	English to Russian	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	French to Russian	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Spanish to Russian	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	German to Russian	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Italian to Russian	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
To Spanish	English to Spanish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Russian to Spanish	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	French to Spanish	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	German to Spanish	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Italian to Spanish	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
To Welsh	English to Welsh	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Language		Asia Online	Apertium	OpenLogos	Google Translate	Moses for Mere Mortals	Babel Fish	Bing Translator	GramTrans	SYSTRAN	1-800-translate	PROMT	WorldLingo	IdiomaX	SAIC Omnifluent
To Arabic	English to Arabic	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Catalan	English to Catalan	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	French to Catalan	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Italian to Catalan	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Occitan to Catalan	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Spanish to Catalan	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Czech	English to Czech	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
To Czech	German to Czech	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Danish	English to Danish	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
To Esperanto	Catalan to Esperanto	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Danish to Esperanto	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
	English to Esperanto	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
	French to Esperanto	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Spanish to Esperanto	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Finnish	English to Finnish	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
To Greek	English to Greek	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Haitian Creole	English to Haitian Creole	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	No	No
To Hebrew	English to Hebrew	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Hindi	English to Hindi	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	No	Yes	No	No
To Hungarian	English to Hungarian	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
To Norwegian Bokmål	English to Norwegian Bokmål	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
To Norwegian Bokmål	Norwegian Nynorsk to Norwegian Bokmål	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Norwegian Nynorsk	Norwegian Bokmål to Norwegian Nynorsk	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Occitan	Catalan to Occitan	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Occitan	Spanish to Occitan	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Persian	English to Persian	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Polish	English to Polish	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
To Polish	German to Polish	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Romanian	English to Romanian	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
To Serbo-Croatian	English to Serbo-Croatian	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
To Slovenian	English to Slovenian	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Slovenian	German to Slovenian	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
To Swedish	English to Swedish	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
To Turkish	English to Turkish	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
To Ukrainian	English to Ukrainian	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	Yes
Total (confirmed)		85	27	7	110	94	31	89	10	64	33	43	71	15	59

References

Apertium wiki (list of language pairs and licence information)
Asia Online Language Studio (list of language pairs)
Bing Translator Language List
Haitian Creole support in Bing/Microsoft Translator
Microsoft Research: Syntactically Informed Phrasal SMT
List of supported languages in Google Translate
List of supported languages for SAIC Omnifluent Translate

↑ http://www.statmt.org/moses/?n=Moses.Releases
↑ Remove FBI & Babylon Zombie Virus PCPitstop.com, author Steve Hogan, October 11, 2012
↑ How To Uninstall The Babylon Toolbar Completely Martin Brinkmann, ghacks.net, August 17, 2011

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Comparison of machine translation applications

General information

Languages features comparison

See also

References