Before October 2007, for languages other than Arabic, Chinese and Russian, Google Translate was based on SYSTRAN, a software engine which is still used by several other online translation services such as Babel Fish (now defunct).
Før oktober 2007 var Google Translate baseret på andre sprog end arabisk, kinesisk og russisk, baseret på SYSTRAN, en softwaremotor, som stadig bruges af flere andre online-oversættelsestjenester som Babel Fish (nu defunct).