Personal Translator
PT 2008 Home
Corporate Solutions
The Versions at a Glance
 
Buy now:PT 2008 Professional Recommended retail price € 249.00 |
Buy now:PT 2008 Advanced Recommended retail price € 99.00 |
Buy now:PT 2008 Home Recommended retail price € 49.00 |
Buy now:PT 2008 Net Recommended retail price € 799,00 |
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| NEW: SmartAnalyse™: This intelligent algorithm is able to analyse long, complicated sentences and to translate them correctly. |  |
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| NEW: SmartCorrect™: automatically corrects typos and spelling errors throughout the translation process via intelligent context analysis. | |
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| NEW: SmartLookup™: an independent background programme to PT Direct, SmartLookup's™ convenient mouse over function makes translation and checking definitions easy. | |
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| NEW: SmartMemory™: this intelligent translation memory function archives and recalls previously translated (and edited) sentences, while it is able to recognise proper names, places and dates, thus maximizing the chances of a match between archived and new sentences. Also includes TMX converter for use with other translation memory software (e.g. TRADOS®). | |
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| Neural transfer: a neural network analyses the text preceding a sentence to ensure the correct translation is selected for terms with multiple definitions. | |
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| Automatic selection of the language direction and automatic recognition of the sector/industry to ensure technically correct translations. | |
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| Automatic recognition of names (people, businesses, places, dates) minimizes manual editing. | |
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| Dictionaries | Pro. |
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| Revised and updated dictionary: over one million (PT Professional G↔E), over 750.000 (PT Advanced G↔E) or 500,000 entries (PT Home G↔E) with detailed definitions for vocabulary assistance. | |
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| Look-up inflected forms from within the text via mouse over | |
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| NEW: direct link to Wikipedia: research further information concerning the text | |
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| Integrated specialist terminology: for business and technology | |
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| Sentence archive: 4,500 pre-translated sentences and phrases for business correspondence | |
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| Dictionary of idioms: approximately 35,000 expressions and examples of usage for reference or directly placing into the text (language pairs with German) |
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| Expandable dictionary: a huge number of terms can be added by the user if wished | |
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Creation of extended word definitions with context-specific variants |
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| Exporting/importing of user dictionaries, importing of pre-prepared word lists | |
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| Extended XML export/import function (language pairs with German) | |
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| Word processing and working environment | Pro. |
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| Internal word processor: features all common formatting commands and print functions; opens and saves RTF and text files |
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| Opening and saving of Word (.doc) and PDF documents | |
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| Automatic spellchecker: marks typos and spelling errors in the source text before translation begins | |
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| Integrated web browser for translating web pages | |
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| Microsoft Office integration: translate and look up words directly in Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint | |
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| NEW: Batch translation: Translate files in the background | |
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| Natural-sounding voice output with new TTS technology: reads out both the original and translated texts. NEW: select between British and American English - perfect for pronunication work |
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| Expansion options (programmes not included) | Pro. |
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| Available languages: German ↔ French, English ↔ French, English ↔ Spanish, English ↔ Italian, English ↔ Portuguese, English ↔ Chinese |
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| German-English specialist dictionaries: Linguatec medical and automotive dictionaries | |
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| Business English translation archive: approx. 25,000 phrases for perfect business correspondence | |
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| PT Net network solution: offers central installation and administration for corporate customers | |
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| Dictionary Sizes | PT 2008 Home |
PT 2008 Advanced |
PT 2008 Professional |
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| German ↔ English | 500,000 | 750,000 | 1,000,000 |
| German ↔ French | 250,000 | 400,000 | 800,000 |
| English ↔ French | 200,000 | 250,000 | 400,000 |
| English ↔ Italian | 200,000 | 250,000 | 400,000 |
| English ↔ Portuguese | 200,000 | 250,000 | 400,000 |
| English ↔ Spanish | 200,000 | 250,000 | 400,000 |
| English ↔ Chinese | 200,000 | 250,000 | 400,000 |
| World Edition (combines all 7 language pairs) | > 1.8 Mio | > 2.4 Mio | > 3.8 Mio |
System requirements
- PC: Pentium processor, 450 MHz min., at least 512 MB free RAM, CD-ROM drive (PT World Edition Professional: DVD drive); PT Professional: Sound card for voice output
- Operating system: Windows 2000 (SP 4), Windows XP (SP 2) or Windows Vista (32-Bit), Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 6.0 (SP 1) or higher. The product can only be activated online.
- Available hard-disk space (per language pair):
PT Home: 100 MB
PT Advanced: 150 MB
PT Professional: 300 MB, additional 600 MB for voice output When installing several language pairs, less disk space is required due to the use of shared components. - For Office Add-Ins (PT Professional): Microsoft Office 2002 (XP), 2003 or 2007 or respective versions of applications Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint (always with latest service pack)
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