lets you translate as you work. Get the most accurate translation engine in the world when you buy our software. LEC provides the most accurate automatic translation because of its highly developed and continually updated dictionaries, technology, analysis software, and translation engine. It includes Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian and English. FREE Translation Subscription: With Power Translator World, you also get a free introductory subscription to our translation subscription service, giving you online access to all the languages that LEC supports, more than 300 language pairs. Requirements: Wind...  (less)

option to study rules from 50 states and 13 provinces in USA and Canada. The study and exam mode offered in the CD give the user an effective way to test their knowledge. It is also the ideal tool for tourists who travel between provinces or states. This interactive CD could also be the perfect gift for someone. For example people with existing drivers license could upgrade their knowledge of road rules. A sample online version is available at aplusbsoftware web site.  (less)

informative exploration of the way that languages–English, Japanese, French, Arabic and other major tongues–are likely to transform and be transformed by their speakers during the twenty-first century. Grammar and vocabulary are just the beginning; more importantly, this book is about people. In places like Los Angeles, Tokyo, Singapore and Oxford, Abley encounters hip-hop performers and dictionary makers, bloggers and translators, novelists and therapists. He talks to a married couple who were passionately corresponding online before they met in “meatspace.” And he listens to teenagers, puzzling out the words they coin in chatrooms and virtual worlds. Everywhere he goes, he asks what the future is likely to hold for the ways we communicate. Abley balances a traditional concern for honesty and accuracy in language with an untraditional delight in newly minted expressions. Lively, evocative, passionate and playful, this is a book for everyone who cherishes the words we use.  (less)

Chinese anytime and anywhere. Penpower Chinese Expert Standard CD Quick Guide Registration card Processor: Pentium II 300 or above Operating System: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista (32bit) Hard Disk: 220 MB Memory: 128MB of RAM Conversion between traditional and simplified Chinese. Auto addition of phonetics in Pinyin or Zhuyin. Segment Chinese text into groups of logical phrases, the first step in comprehension of Chinese language. The state of the art Text-to-Speech (variable speed) closely resembles native Chinese speech. Recording your own speech or from a teacher or a native Chinese speaker. Mouse over dictionary, phrase dictionary and optional on line search from online dictionary. Chinese character stroke animation, practice your own handwriting with feedback from our handwriting recognition engine. Auto-building all phrases with options to add your own notes. Practice your speech on those phrases, our voice recognition engine will tell you how well your pronunciation is. Speacking quizzes: have a phrase in your mind, say the phrase, it will tell you how close you reach your goal. Voice reader: the state of the art text-to-speech is embedded in most Windows applications (Word, internet browsers ...) with a click of a button. You can hear either Mandarin or Cantonese speech in those Windows applications The state of the art translation engine keeps you informed and entertained. The pen scanner provides a comfortable handle which fits all left and right-handed users. Inputting Chinese text from books/magazines/newspapers has just become easier and faster: 600-700 characters a minute. The pen scanner recognizes 13060 Traditional Chinese characters, 6763 Simplified Chinese characters, 4184 Hong Kong characters, 3580 Japanese characters, English words, numbers and punctuation. The adjustable multiple language recognition system provides Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Hong Kong characters, English and Japanese recognition kernels. Translate phrases or characters from English to Chinese or vice versa and have your complete Chinese document translated into English right away, with a read back function which reads out your document to you aloud. Spell-check function which predicts characters while correcting alignment now empowers you with a more accurate scanning flow. Multi-thread architecture allows you to scan continuously without pause while recognition is being done on the fly.  (less)