<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Babel	B-Application
Fish	I-Application
was	O
a	O
free	O
Web-based	O
multilingual	O
translation	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
it	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Bing	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
(	O
now	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
)	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
queries	O
were	O
redirected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
has	O
transitioned	O
its	O
Babel	B-Application
Fish	I-Application
translation	O
services	O
to	O
Bing	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
,	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
sell	O
its	O
translation	O
application	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
outright	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
internet	O
service	O
derived	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
the	O
Babel	B-Application
fish	I-Application
,	O
a	O
fictional	O
species	O
in	O
Douglas	O
Adams	O
's	O
book	O
and	O
radio	O
series	O
The	B-Application
Hitchhiker	I-Application
's	I-Application
Guide	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
that	O
could	O
instantly	O
translate	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
turn	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
fictional	O
creature	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
biblical	O
account	O
of	O
the	O
confusion	O
of	O
languages	O
that	O
arose	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Babel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
(	O
DEC	O
)	O
and	O
SYSTRAN	B-General_Concept
S.A.	O
launched	O
AltaVista	O
Translation	O
Service	O
at	O
babelfish.altavista.com,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
researchers	O
at	O
DEC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2003	O
,	O
AltaVista	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Overture	B-Application
Services	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2003	O
,	O
Overture	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	O
address	O
for	O
Babel	B-Application
Fish	I-Application
remained	O
at	O
babelfish.altavista.com	O
until	O
May	O
9	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
address	O
changed	O
to	O
babelfish.yahoo.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
30	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Web	O
address	O
changed	O
yet	O
again	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
redirecting	O
babelfish.yahoo.com	O
to	O
www.microsofttranslator.com	O
when	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Bing	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
replaced	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Babel	I-Application
Fish	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Babel	B-Application
Fish	I-Application
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
The	O
BabelFish	B-Application
Corporation	O
founded	O
by	O
Oscar	O
Jofre	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
operated	O
at	O
the	O
URL	O
(	O
created	O
in	O
1995	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
babelfish.yahoo.com	O
no	O
longer	O
redirected	O
to	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Bing	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
it	O
refers	O
directly	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
Yahoo.com	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
