{"id":6942,"date":"2008-09-02T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T21:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/translation\/2008\/09\/02\/ie8-beta-2-translation-accelerator\/"},"modified":"2008-09-02T13:10:58","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T21:10:58","slug":"ie8-beta-2-translation-accelerator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/2008\/09\/02\/ie8-beta-2-translation-accelerator\/","title":{"rendered":"IE8 Beta 2 &#8211; Translation Accelerator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week the Internet Explorer team announced the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windows\/internet-explorer\/beta\/\">Beta 2 release of IE8<\/a> (you can download it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windows\/internet-explorer\/beta\/worldwide-sites.aspx\">here<\/a>).&#160; This is great news for users of translation services, because IE8 incorporates translation directly into your browsing experience!&#160; No need to cut and paste text from the site you are viewing into our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowslivetranslator.com\/\">landing page<\/a>.&#160; You now have ready access to the service &#8211; from any page you visit!&#160; Now you can simply select some text and then click on the blue Accelerators icon. 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