Babylon Breaks the Language Barrier and is Fast Becoming the World Standard for Single-Click Translation, with 2 Million Downloads.

OR YEHUDA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--Babylon Ltd., today announced that it's unique software product, Babylon - The Single-Click Translator, has now been downloaded by 2 million users from the Babylon web site (www.babylon.com). As the number of users continues to rise, Babylon is fast becoming the world standard for single-click translation.

Babylon's exciting new software makes it possible to translate words and expressions from English into the user's own language, with just one click of the mouse. Babylon has now unveiled new versions in German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Italian, Hebrew and Dutch. These languages represent 80% of the non-English speaking Internet market. Future versions will include Portuguese, Swedish and Chinese in addition to many other languages.

The Babylon translator is automatically activated when the computer is turned on and is accessed from the computer's 'start-up' menu. Babylon offers simultaneous translations whilst the user is browsing the Internet, reading email, accessing menu bars, operating any application and even playing a game! By placing the cursor over any word and clicking the right mouse button, Babylon immediately provides a pop-up translation.

Mr. Shuki Preminger, The Chief Executive Officer of Babylon stated, "Today 90% of the content on the Word Wide Web is in English. The number of non-English speaking Internet users is expected to exceed the number of English Speaking users by the end of this year. Our mission at Babylon is to enable all non-English speaking users to access and benefit from the Internet."

Babylon's easy-to-use software offers many advantages, including a prodigious vocabulary, with more than three million words and expressions and universal applicability to all Windows applications, 3.11, 95, 98 and NT. By using on-screen OCR technology, (Optical Character Recognition), Babylon is able to recognize text images (bitmaps) anywhere on the screen. Babylon is constantly improving and enlarging the vocabulary of its translator. Each time a user accesses the Internet, Babylon's Single-Click Translator, is automatically updated to include any new technical upgrades. Babylon software is also designed to enable users to contribute new entries to the vocabulary, enriching the ever-growing dictionary.

Babylon software (time limited) can be downloaded, free of charge, from the Company's web site: www.babylon.com.