Abstract: A system and method for machine translation are provided by a downloadable free client computer program executable by the user's computer and a machine translation service, executable by remote servers located across a distributed computer network (e.g. the Internet), that is accessed on a subscription fee basis. In this way, the machine translation service provider is able to differentiate users and price and sell services accordingly.

Abstract: A system and method for machine translation are provided by a client computer program executable on the user's computer and an ASP-based service that performs translations on one or more servers on a subscription basis. The client computer program interfaces with word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, or other software to allow direct translation of structured documents. When the translation request is initiated, the document is parsed to separate the text from the document's structural information, and the text to translate is transmitted across a distributed computer network to a server where the translation occurs. The translation result is returned across the distributed computer network to the client computer program. The client computer program then restores the rich structure of the original document to the translated result, as desired by the user.

Abstract: A method for electronically translating text provides an electronic language translator. Source language text is received as an input to the electronic language translator. The source language text is translated at the electronic language translator at the time of submission into one or more target language texts. A user is then provided with an option of viewing one or more of the target language texts with or without the source language texts.