Babylon Ltd., the International Translation Software Company, Partners With Tiscali S.p.A to Provide Online Translation Services

MILAN, Italy, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Babylon LTD (TASE: BBYL), a world leading provider of dictionary and translation solutions http://www.babylon.com, announced the signing of an agreement with Tiscali S.p.A http://www.tiscali.it, the third-biggest ISP in Italy by market-share, to provide its users with a number of free Web-based translation tools.

Tiscali is one of the most popular consumer portals in Italy and its visitors will now be able to translate content to and from any language using the Tiscali Traduttore service http://traduttore.tiscali.it, powered by Babylon. By using Babylon's translation APIs, Tiscali offers its users with various translation tools on the Tiscali website. The Tiscali Traduttore is a destination dedicated to translation to and from Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and many other languages. The Babylon translation service is also featured as a dedicated vertical on the main Tiscali search service http://search.tiscali.it . The Traduttore Widget is a small translation box which is available for single-word translation throughout the Tiscali website.

"With the high growth of Internet content in many languages, we are witnessing the increasing demand for translation services online," said Tal Shaked, Director of Business Development at Babylon. "International expansion and partnerships are key to Babylon's success. This agreement with Tiscali is another significant milestone for us following similar deals with AOL and other leading portals worldwide. We believe Tiscali users are provided with a great added-value service while Babylon will enjoy an effective distribution source." added Shaked.

Babylon's translation APIs enable developers and website operators around the world to enhance their portals and applications by accessing Babylon's rich content which includes over 1500 dictionaries, encyclopedias and specialized glossaries.

About Babylon Ltd.

Babylon.com (TASE: BBYL) is a leading provider of online and offline dictionary and translation solutions. The Babylon.com user base exceeds 55 million desktop installations. Babylon sold more than 2.5 million licenses of the software to private users and organizations in more than 200 countries.

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