OREANDA-NEWS. November 25, 2009. The Yandex.Bar browser extension offers its users instant word translation. To use this feature, a user only has to hover the mouse pointer over an unfamiliar word and get instant translation as a tooltip — not a single useless movement. The new Yandex.bar version is available for download at http://bar.yandex.ru.

"However good at languages you may be, there is always a word or two that you do not know,” says Dmitry Alekseev, a Yandex.Bar manager. “Our users do not need to reach out for a dictionary anymore — now they have a personal translator that can instantly suggest meanings for unfamiliar words. That’s much faster and easier".

The new Yandex.Bar works for English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Users only have to choose a language for the toolbar’s translation function to start translating words from this language into Russian and back. In addition, the new Yandex.Bar offers information on exchange rates and stock market indices to those who keep an eye on the economy.

The new Yandex.Bar was released in beta version at the end of October. Yandex thanks all web users who helped making the new Yandex.Bar more handy and stable.