On December 9, 1997, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and SYSTRAN S.A. launched AltaVista Translation Service at babelfish.altavista.com,[5] which was developed by a team of researchers at DEC.[4][6] In February 2003, AltaVista was bought by Overture Services, Inc.[7]
In July 2003, Overture, in turn, was taken over by Yahoo!.[8]
The web address for Babel Fish remained at babelfish.altavista.com until May 9, 2008, when the address changed to babelfish.yahoo.com.[9]
As of May 30, 2012, the Web address changed yet again, this time redirecting babelfish.yahoo.com to www.microsofttranslator.com when Microsoft's Bing Translator replaced Yahoo Babel Fish.[10]
Yahoo! Babel Fish should not be confused with The BabelFish Corporation founded by Oscar Jofre,[11] which was operated at the URL www.babelfish.com (created in 1995).[12]
As of June 2013, babelfish.yahoo.com no longer redirects to the Microsoft Bing Translator. Instead, it refers directly back to the main Yahoo.com page.[13]
^"Yahoo's Babel Fish replaced with Bing Translator". Neowin.net, June 3, 2012, Jon Callaham.
^ abc"Yahoo Launches Babel Fish". Techshout.com, April 2006. 28 April 2006.
^"Babelfish: English". 1999-04-27. Archived from the original on 1999-04-27. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
^"BabelFish on the move - Business Edge News Magazine Archives". Businessedge.ca. 2003-05-15. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
^Hansell, Saul (February 19, 2003), "Overture Services to Buy AltaVista for $140 Million", The New York Times
^"Yahoo to acquire Overture". July 13, 2003. Archived from the original on July 8, 2007.