PROMT
{{short description|Russian language translation software company}}
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ProMT is a lead Russian developer of language translation software for businesses and private users since 1991. The company provides on-premises software based on neural technologies.{{cite web|url=http://www.promt.com/company/profile/ |title=PROMT team |publisher=Promt.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}
History
On March 6, 1998, ProMT launched a free online translation services, which is now known as PROMT.One.{{cite web |date= |title=PROMT - Free Online Translator and dictionary - English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Chinese and many more languages |url=https://www.online-translator.com/translation |accessdate=November 23, 2011 |publisher=Online-translator.com}}
In 1997, ProMT and the French company Softissimo developed a line of products for the European company Reverso.{{cite web|url=http://reverso.softissimo.com/en/reverso-promt |title=End-users products : Translation Software : Reverso Promt |publisher=Reverso Softissimo |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}
Technology
Historically, ProMT systems used rule-based machine translation (RBMT) technology.{{cite web|url=http://www.translationautomation.com/details/promt-9.0-product-family.html |title=promt-9.0-product-family | details | TAUS - Enabling better translation |publisher=Translationautomation.com |date= |accessdate=November 23, 2011}} In 2011 a hybrid approach which combined rule-based and statistical MT was implemented.{{cite web|url=http://www.svarogcapital.com/news/?id=43 |title=News / Svarog capital |publisher=Svarogcapital.com |date=October 4, 2010 |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}
In 2019, ProMT introduced its new neural technology {{cite web |title=Neural Machine Translation |url=https://www.promt.com/company/technology/neural-machine-translation/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021140927/https://www.promt.com/company/technology/neyronnyy-podkhod/ |archive-date=2019-10-21 |website=www.promt.com}} and flagship solution - PROMT Neural Translation Server.{{Cite web | url=https://www.promt.com/translation_software/corporate/promt-translation-server-neural/ | title=PROMT Translation Server 19 is a multi - functional transfer system}} Since then all MT systems developed by ProMT are based on neural machine translation.
The software can run on Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS and Android and works in offline mode providing secure machine translation.
As of 2025, it translates 52 languages from and to English, German, and Russian.{{Cite web |title=PROMT Language Pairs {{!}} machine translation between following languages |url=https://www.promt.com/translation_software/directions/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=PROMT.com |language=en}}