Baidu Launches Online Translation Service

SHENZHEN, Jul 14, 2008 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- BIDU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Baidu.com, the largest Chinese Internet search service provider in China and even the world, officially rolled out on July 10 its online translation service to compete head-to-head with the well-received similar service that was launched by Google.

From Internet search to online advertising, now the two search giants once again are in direct competition in the online translation service sector.

The online translation service of the Chinese search service provider offers Chinese-to-English and English-to-Chinese translation and English dictionary. The service supports translation of 1,000 Chinese characters at most.

Baidu's online long-sentence translation service is provided by Netat.com, a leading online translation website in this country, and the word translation is jointly launched with Dreye, a well-known portable e-dictionary maker in China.

After a trial use, some say that the online translation service of Baidu is a weaker version of that of Google. Executives from Baidu.com say that they will further improve the quality.

From www.enet.com.cn, Page 1, Friday, July 11, 2008 info@SinoCast.Com

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