PalmTran - Translation software and dictionary

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For users that have Windows CE, Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2002 and Windows Mobile 2003 compatible hardware (e.g. Compaq iPaq, HP Jornada, Handheld PC, Toshiba e310, Toshiba e740, ASUS MyPal A600, Fujitsu Pocket LOOX, Zayo A600, NEC Mobile PRO 300E, etc.) please see PocketTran by clicking here.


What is PalmTran®?


PalmTran is a software translator from/to Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, European Portuguese, Filipino/Philipino/Tagalog, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Old Church Slavonic, Polish, Rumanian/Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Latin script), Serbian (Cyrillic script), Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Welsh.


PalmTran runs on Palm OS (3.5 or higher) compatible hardware:

PalmTran in action PalmTran translates:
  • words
  • phrases
  • sentences
  • SMS messages
  • e-mail
  • web pages
and other types of text.

Time savings

Numerous experiments conducted by our company show that using PalmTran can save up to 80% of your valuable time when translating and when you do not have access to a desktop computer.


Price: US$ 79




HOW MANY WORDS DOES PALMTRAN HAVE?

Depending on the language pair, PalmTran has between 30,000 and 200.000 words (entries) on both sides of the dictionary. It has between 120,000 and 800,000 translations depending on the language pair.


TRANSLATION STEPS INSIDE OF PALMTRAN

If you wish to translate a word, phrase, text, SMS message, e-mail, web page or something similar you need to highlight the text, and then Edit->Copy, open PalmTran and then Edit->Paste.




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PalmTran icon on Palm OS PalmTran translation from English to German PalmTran translation from English to French




PalmTran translation from French to English:


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New words and phrases can be added, in an unlimited number, which is especially interesting for users that wish to translate technical texts. By adding your own translations you can achieve a significantly higher translation accuracy.


HOW TO USE PALMTRAN FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A PERSON WHO DOES NOT SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE NOR DO YOU SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE?

Task: You wish to tell the other person something

Step 1: You enter what you want to tell the other person in the Source... textbox. We recommend learning how to use Graffiti.

Step 2: You give the other person your PalmTran device and show them how to select alternative translations by using the stylus.


Task: The other person wishes to tell you something

Step 1: You need to show the other person how to use the keyboard. Teaching them how to use Graffiti will be too awkward and slow.

Step 2: The other person should enter what they want to tell your in the Source... textbox. We recommend that you just quickly show them how to use the keyboard input method because learning to use Graffiti will take more than a few minutes of your time.

Step 3: The other person gives your PalmTran device back to you and your select alternative translations by using the stylus.

The method described above is sufficient to enable communication between two people who do not speak the same language to communicate. The only hard part (if can be called hard) is how quickly you can teach the other person with a show-and-do method. However, this can be done by showing the other person a few examples which in our experiments takes up to 1 minute to accomplish if one opts for teaching the other person only the keyboard input methodology.

A valuable feature of PalmTran is that it constantly tracks the translations you choose and in this way constantly learns from you. The number of learned translation choices, as well as the number of newly added words, is limited only by the amount of free memory in your PalmTran device.




PalmTran in action

PalmTran in action



COMPATIBILITY

PalmTran is 100% compatible with devices powered by Palm OS operating system version at least 3.5 (Palm OS Cobalt 6.x included). PalmTran can be bought either alone (software only) or with any Palm OS device that is included in our current offer.



KEYBOARD

PalmTran includes software keyboard that supports most world languages such as chinese, japanese, korean, vietnamese, greek, turkish, cyrillic characters...



LICENSE NUMBER

Because of piracy protection (in many countries over 80%) during the first run of PalmTran, the program will ask you for a license number. In order to receive your license number, you will have to send us the reference number shown in a grayed textbox on your screen. The reference number will have 9 digits and will begin with the letter P. Please send us your reference number via e-mail to: Internet@tranexp.com. Without the reference number we will be unable to send you your unique license number.


PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS

The biggest advantage for professional translators is that they can cut down the time required to perform the translation of any document. Instead of carrying a heavy dictionary around, all one needs is a handheld device that contains all the translations that will be needed from time to time.

PalmTran offer a number of alternative translations so that you don't need to look in specialised dictionaries for an appropriate translation.

The other advantage for professional translators is that they can optimise the software for their needs so that they can enter their preferred translations which the program will memorise and offer at the top of the list of alternative translations during every subsequent translation session.

If you have a list of translations in any specialised area, e.g. 500 or 1000, you can send these to us so that we can optimise our translation software. The package which includes optimisation of the software is called PalmTran Professional. For more information on the PalmTran Professional edition of our software please send us an e-mail to: Internet@tranexp.com.


SIZE

PalmTran device is about the size of two mobile/cell telephone put side by side, i.e. the size of a pocket calculator. Its screen is 8 cm (height) x 6 cm (width) and the whole device is 11.3 cm (height) x 7.5 cm (width) x 1.7 cm (thickness).


DELIVERY

You can expect to receive the software/device within 5 working days from our company receiving your payment.


WEIGHT

The PalmTran device weighs 136g.




MEMORY CARD SUPPORT

Key benefits of using PalmTran with Memory Card support are:


1. Installation onto memory card

In order to save RAM memory space PalmTran with Memory Card Support will install directly onto your memory card.


2. Runs from your memory card

In order to save RAM memory space PalmTran with Memory Card Support will also run straight from your memory card.


3. No need to install and uninstall large dictionaries

Memory cards have more space as compared to RAM. This allows you to, at the same time, install all our largest available dictionaries. This eliminates the need to uninstall a large dictionary before using another different large dictionary.


4. No need to reinstall after a hard reset or power loss

The biggest advantage is that you will never have to reinstall PalmTran each time you have to hard reset your device or if it runs out of power. This is because memory cards do not lose their contents after a hard reset or power loss.


5. Dictionary changes

You will be able to keep all the changes that you have made to your PalmTran dictionaries thus far.




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PRICING AND ON-LINE ORDER FORM

For pricing and on-line ordering information please click here.


MORE INFORMATION

For more information about our software please send an e-mail to: Internet@tranexp.com




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