Babylon Launches Britannica
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Now Available With the Babylon Single
Click Software

OR YEHUDA, Israel, November 8 /PRNewswire/ — Babylon Ltd., the leading
provider of single-click translation and information access software, today
announced the launch of the well known Britannica Concise Encyclopedia as
part of Babylon’s premium content offering.
Millions of Babylon users around the globe will now be able to click on
any English term from any desktop application and receive results from this
authoritative encyclopedia in a small pop-up window on their screen.
Babylon offers access to the English Britannica Concise Encyclopedia,
including more than 28,000 entries providing overviews, key dates, statistics
and other essential facts on everything from art to zoology, in one click of
a mouse. The Babylon software also displays Britannica Concise’s full
complement of more than 2,000 illustrations including maps, flags and charts,
alongside the references, making it ideal for research at home, at work or at
school
“Our collaboration with Britannica is the first of its kind for Babylon.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, well known and long admired for their large
multivolume reference works, is the first general reference content that is
available as premium content with the Babylon software.” Alon Carmeli, VP
On-line Sales and Marketing, Babylon Ltd.: “It is another vote of confidence
in the notion of providing the PC users with translations and definitions
from a variety of authoritative sources. PC users are expecting single
unified view in concise manner of the accurate definition they are looking
for. We believe that this new addition will complement Merriam-Webster’s
Collegiate(R) Dictionary and Thesaurus that was launched last month”.
“Encyclopaedia Britannica keeps looking for innovative ways to reach
customers and offer access to our knowledge,” said Leah Mansoor, senior vice
president with Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. “Britannica Concise
Encyclopedia, with its short articles that provide an entry point to a world
of knowledge, is a perfect match for Babylon technology. Valuable online
applications such as Babylon enhance our overall electronic strategy, which
includes CD, Internet, e-dictionaries and wireless offered on a worldwide
basis.”
The Babylon software enables users, in a click of the mouse on any word
or term on the desktop screen, to receive concise and relevant information,
including translations, definitions and reference information. Babylon Pro
offers single-click access to Babylon brand dictionaries, dozens of
dictionaries from leading publishers, hundreds of information glossaries in
60 languages, and tools for converting currency, time zones and measurements.
The trial version of Babylon-Pro 5.0 + Britannica Concise Encyclopedia is
available for download http://affiliates.babylon.com/z/352/CD1
To purchase Babylon-Pro 5.0 + Britannica Concise Encyclopedia at a cost
of $ 79.50 visit:
http://www.babylon.com/redirects/purchase.cgi?type=154&trid=PRBRIT
About Babylon Ltd.
Babylon is the leading provider of single-click translation and
information access solutions. Babylon-Pro is a desktop software available for
private individuals as well as corporations. The Babylon-Enterprise client
server solution provides business customers a unified platform for instant
retrieval of critical information from corporate information systems.
Babylon also offers add-on premium content from world-renowned dictionary
publishers, including Oxford University Press, Merriam-Webster, Larousse,
Vox, Langenscheidt, Van Dale, Melhoramentos, and Taishukan.
The Babylon-Pro user base exceeds 30 million desktop installations.
Babylon corporate customers include industry leaders such as Avnet, BASF,
Daimler Chrysler, Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Eurocontrol, Fujitsu Siemens,
Gillette/Braun, IBM, John Deere, Lufthansa, Motorola, Nestle France, Oce,
Petrobras, Philips, UBS, Xerox, and many more.
A major shareholder in Babylon is Reed Elsevier Ventures, the venture arm
of Reed Elsevier (LSE: REL, NYSE: RUK), and Formula Vision Technologies,
subsidiary of Formula Systems (NASDAQ: FORTY).
For additional information, visit Babylon’s website at http://www.babylon.com.
About Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. creates and markets products of the
highest quality for reference, education and learning. The 32-volume
Encyclopaedia Britannica, first published in 1768, is the oldest continuously
published reference work in the English language. Since the 1980s Britannica
has been a leader in electronic publishing and now publishes encyclopedias
and other works in many forms on the Internet, CD-ROM, and DVD. The company
makes its headquarters in Chicago and maintains offices around the world.
More information is available at http://www.britannica.com.