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Verified User in Telecommunications

March 28, 2025 Source: G2.com

Easy to use

What do you like best about Babylon?

If I need to translate a word it's easy to switch it from english to another language and helps to make sure I've got it spelled and used correctly.

What do you dislike about Babylon?

It's possible to pick the wrong translation if you're not very familiar with the language and than your sentence will be difficult to follow

What problems is Babylon solving and how is that benefiting you?

Translate instructions or sayings in documents to make sure I fully understand.

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Nick D

April 2, 2024 Source: G2.com

Reliable and easy to use

What do you like best about Babylon?

Excellent translations. The software simple works well with no fussing around

What do you dislike about Babylon?

There's not really any negatives about the software, it does exactly what it's supposed to do

What problems is Babylon solving and how is that benefiting you?

Dealing with clients around the world with requirements to address user interfacing it is excellent to know that we are writing the correct details for users

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Javier A

March 30, 2024 Source: G2.com

Great tool

What do you like best about Babylon?

I've been using Babylon for a couple of years now, and I can just say it is an excellent tool for work and academic translation duties.

What do you dislike about Babylon?

Nothing to dislike! It's an efficient tool and hope it keeps improving in the future.

What problems is Babylon solving and how is that benefiting you?

It saves a lot of time for work and academic translations.

VM

Verified User in Education Management

July 10, 2018 Source: G2.com

Babylon works

What do you like best about Babylon?

The use of babylon is crucial in my interpreting and translation jobs.

What do you dislike about Babylon?

The cost of babylon is higher than i expected.

What problems is Babylon solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to translate quicker and more effectively.

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Olderico C

March 1, 2024 Source: G2.com

A good tool for translate and business foreign languages

What do you like best about Babylon?

.Babylon is a good toolfor translate and business foreign languages, easy to use and with good customer support

What do you dislike about Babylon?

don't like the UX must to be adapted to the new competitors

What problems is Babylon solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used a lot in past and we solved the problem to translate documents and to manage business documents, but now we left the tool because we use google translate and chatgpt

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Xin S

December 14, 2021 Source: G2.com

Babylon is the one of best translate applecation

What do you like best about Babylon?

It supports multi-languages.

What do you dislike about Babylon?

Pick word on the screen. Just use hotkey combine right mouse click.

Recommendations to others considering Babylon?

After a few years, it becomes larger and larger.

What problems is Babylon solving and how is that benefiting you?

When you opened the webpage, I didn't know what language webpage you would meet. So the Babylon Application is always there to help you.

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Cristina

October 21, 2021 Source: Financesonline.com

An indispensable tool in the office.

PROS: Babylon is one of the most-used tools in our office. It is important in our day-to-day work.

CONS: It can be quite costly.

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Don

February 22, 2021 Source: Financesonline.com

An easy tool to use.

PROS: What I don't like about other translators is that they somehow twist the context around--but Babylon does not do this. as much as possible, it preserves the essence of the text, which is great. I've added it as an add-on on my browser and I've been able to get translations of words with just a click of a button!

CONS: I think that this is a very brilliant tool. However, there isn't much support given to users.

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Ruthe

September 5, 2019 Source: Financesonline.com

Review from an older version user

PROS: I find Babylon a reliable translation tool. I can access it whenever I need it. It doesn't leave a heavy footprint in my PC, so it can just run quietly in the background as I do my work. I think that it's also great how it allows me to customize its environment skin. I've been able to change the colors and even the font properties so that I can work with more ease and comfort. There's a nice feature with a user-managed dictionary too. I've been using this for a long time now, and I still marvel at the benefits that I've been able to get from Babylon. So far, the 7.x version works best for me. It has all of the tools that I need. Of course, there are newer versions available, but this answers to my needs best. From what I've heard, the new version can translate more than a dozen languages, but I don't see myself needing that anytime soon. 7.x works fine for me. It has keyboard shortcuts that I can use. It's not just limited to translating geographical languages too. It also extends to translating jargons from specialized fields such as law and medicine.

CONS: I decided to stick to the older version--bugs are to be expected. However, I would still appreciate it if the developers of Babylon would give me a little more support. I know I'm not the only one who decided not to upgrade to the newer versions. After all, this version works for us, why fix what isn't broken, right? So what exactly are these glitches that I encounter on a daily? I've learned to make-do or found a workaround for these, but here are some issues that I regularly run into. One, it doesn't always pair me with the language that I signed up for. While I find it impressive that they keep a history of my translations, they sometimes mistake my past preferences to my current one. This means that if I chose content to be translated to French last week and I want the content to be translated to Spanish this week, they might still give me definitions for French words even though I don't need them anymore. There are some colloquial terms (popular ones at that) that don't get results from the system too. Plus, with my current version, I can't work with my team online yet. I think that this feature is available in the more recent versions. I also wonder why there are some antivirus programs that flag Babylon as a threat.

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Robert R

December 11, 2018 Source: G2.com

A trusted workhorse

What do you like best about Babylon?

This review is for the standalone version 7.x I use: It's always there when you need it, it's quite pleasingly customisable (app and background colors, font size for readibility, window size and placement on your screen, and even transparency, if you must...), plus you can search and add free specific dictionaries that people have put together online. It has a small footprint and remains as you installed it. It can even be reinstalled over the years with no fuss as all software used to be, amazing! It also shows defitinions from wikipedia (when they exist), which is quite handy, too. If you're a translator that does not care for the new stuff and if you can still find it, purchase version 7.x so you can keep it and forget newer versions with the online integration options, etc. I have not checked its new versions, but it seems to translate up to 13 languages and works with all major OSs. You can use its default shortcut key (F10) to call it up, say within Microsoft Word, though this does not always work if other apps you have conflict with it. As a real plus it can also convert any currency, measurement or time values to your local. It's a handy swiss-army tool for a translator for quick searches. For technical translations you can add to its power with the free area-specific dictionaries and glossaries you can plug-in to it, as I mentioned above. It also has word-to-speech that you use to pronounce a given word, though it is, of course, computer speech.

What do you dislike about Babylon?

As an old workhorse it has some bugs... especially if you stay with the older version 9 (as I have) and have not allowed any of the updates that "integrate" you online and so on (and spoil what was good, IMHO) that I really dislike and, for my use as a translator, is an annoying way to use such a tool. I like to have it siting in my tray to be called up when needed and that's all! That said, these are the bugs which were never corrected since way back the app moved on to other more modern versions of itself: It often insists on showing dictionary definitions you never chose and can't disable, such as translations vietnamese and hebrew, you get the picture....! So, in this sense, for some reason it does not stick to the language pair you've chosen upon installation or later. The search field is bugged when it comes to hitting the back key to retype a word, say to change spelling etc., it just does not work. After a while you'll get used to not trying to and just select and retype the entire word again. When searching for a word or expression, it sometimes does not turn up any results even for a rather common term or expression used in the corporate world, for instance.. If one could count on updates for version 7.x that did not spoil or change the app, that would be wonderful, however I do not risk that. Integration with the likes of Linguee and Google Translate in its results panel and with style/grammar apps such as Whitesmoke would also be great. Tools for translators who work 'in the cloud' or with teamwork or machine translation at a distance are probably available in newer versions, though thse are not necessary if you work in your own way or just want a handy tool for such. Some anti-virus and tuneup software (like system mechanic and avg) don´t like babylon for some reason and though they do not interfere with its workings, they do always offer to uninstall it or rate its as a 'poor' (2 star) app, drawing from their user base, but these notions are arguable and don't apply to everyone's use of it.

Recommendations to others considering Babylon?

If you're a "normal" user, go for the standalone 7.x version which is old but handy. If not, google the new versions and see if they fit your bill.

What problems is Babylon solving and how is that benefiting you?

Translation equivalents on the fly, working alongside my word processor.

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