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GlobaLinguist Announces Breakthrough Language Technology for Internet Browsers



    GlobaLinguist Inc, developer of Wordchamp.com, the industry's
    leading website for Open Content Language Learning(TM), announced
    today its newest and most advanced language help technology for the
    Firefox(1) Internet browser.

    Language skills are emerging as one of the most important keys to
    unlocking the full potential of the Internet. Globalization is
    reaching across countries, cultures, and languages. The WordChamp(R)
    Language Toolbar is designed to assist people around the world by
    helping them work with new languages. Once activated, it allows users
    to see translations for difficult words and hear words pronounced by
    native speakers, simply by pointing at words on foreign language
    websites. It supports most world languages, and is already in use in
    over 70 countries.

    With the WordChamp Language Toolbar, it is as easy for a Chinese
    speaker to get help reading a difficult English or Arabic passage, as
    for an English speaker reading Russian or Japanese. Social networking
    communities will become a major market for language help technology as
    members begin to reach out across countries and languages to meet new
    friends. Global visitors reading foreign language blogs, email, or
    search results pages will find the WordChamp Language Toolbar
    indispensable.

    Using the WordChamp Language Toolbar is Easy:

    -- Users can download the toolbar for free from www.wordchamp.com
    and install it directly onto their Firefox browser.

    -- The toolbar can be turned on or off as needed.

    -- Users select their native language.

    -- The website language is selected dynamically, when possible.
    If the website language can't be detected, users can easily
    select the website language from a pull down menu.

    -- Once turned on, users point their mouse at any word on the
    page and a small translation box will appear, containing
    translations for that word. In many cases, the user can also
    hear the foreign word spoken by a native speaker.

    The new WordChamp Language Toolbar supports the largest number of
    languages of any online language tool for reading foreign websites and
    texts. With this toolbar, individuals can quickly receive the language
    support they need as they develop their skills reading foreign
    websites.

    "We expect our language assistance technology in browsers to
    become as ubiquitous as bookmarks," said Fred Egan, CEO of
    GlobaLinguist. "People around the world will only benefit from
    globalization and the Internet if they are able to communicate in this
    new wired world."

    Future releases of the toolbar are already being planned,
    including support for additional browsers, languages, and advanced
    help features. As the WordChamp.com language database continues to
    grow, the toolbar will become an increasingly content-rich tool,
    useful across hundreds of languages and countries.

    Visit WordChamp at http://www.wordchamp.com to get a free download
    of the WordChamp language toolbar.

    About GlobaLinguist:

    GlobaLinguist, Inc., the industry leader in Open Content Language
    Learning(TM), provides web-based language-learning solutions to
    schools, businesses, governments, and individuals. WordChamp.com,
    GlobaLinguist's innovative website is the web's fastest growing,
    multilingual community providing resources for learning and teaching
    foreign languages. Wordchamp.com provides members with shared open
    content, exercises for language learning, free teacher resources, and
    personal tools to assist anyone in the day-to-day use of a foreign
    language. WordChamp.com users currently span 193 countries, speaking
    more than 125 languages. GlobaLinguist, Inc. was founded in 2003, is
    located in Newton, Mass. and is privately held.

    (1) Firefox is a registered trademark of Mozilla.org