There are several of types of Translation software utilities available. Included in these are interactive translation utilities that might be considered as 'automatic' dictionaries. In these utilities, the meaning or meanings of words or phrases are looked up automatically as the software moves through the text. Automatic or 'Machine' translation will go through the entire text or document, without stopping. Some applications will maintain the document formatting, some support OLE or clipboard translation. Check the description of each product for details.