The translation engine at the core of Translate has been under development for more than a decade. The dictionaries contain nearly 300,000 English terms, heavily annotated with syntactic and semantic information, and the grammar contains more than 12,000 rules. A set of probabilistic "experts" built into the program chooses the most likely structure for each incoming sentence. The E>J (English to Japanese) engine has been marketed in Japan, the worlds largest translation market, for over a decade and has over one million users and the largest market share. The same easy to use user interface is used in products for French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

In addition to this superior translation engine, Translate includes the following features:

• Continuous updates to help you keep up with language's constant evolution.
• The best automatic translation available with customized translation engines for each language.
• LogoTrans provides the immediate translation of text placed into its window. You don't even have to click a button. Launch it from user-selectable hot keys, or let it automatically translate the contents of the clipboard.
• TransIt creates instant translation as you type. When you work with forms and web pages, simply type text in your language and have it entered in another.
• FileTrans generates batch translations of files or folders, including HTML. Drag a file or directory icon onto the FileTrans window and the translation is automatic. You can even select which file types are to be translated, copied, or ignored.
• Translation Engines are provided for each language pair, including language-specific dictionaries and options
• Composite Translation Engine combines pairs to translate even more language pairs. For example, get a Spanish to Portuguese translation by translating from Spanish to English and then English to Portuguese.
• Select among English and Spanish for menus and dialogs.
• Read online help in English or Spanish.