Translation software There are many, the question is whether you need now and then a few words to translate, or if entire sections / documents are to translate. For some words / phrases the Internet platform Leo has proved very successful, which gives excellent results. Nominal amount of text to be translated, then many programs are (of course do not know all) overwhelmed, in the sense that the result (english-German) is barely legible. Promt 8 Professional Beginning better than average, but the new Rel. (Promt Office 9.0) is still a notch above. For the first time, you can read and use really large parts of the text. Making a purchase can I recommend, of course Promt Office 9.0 is not error-free. A basic understanding of both languages is also necessary to introduce the result as described, but already satisfactory.