<s>
The	O
on-line	O
and	O
free	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
FREELANG	B-Language
is	O
a	O
bilingual	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FREELANG	B-Language
is	O
free	O
to	O
download	O
(	O
freeware	O
)	O
but	O
is	O
under	O
copyright	O
of	O
the	O
authors	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
collaborative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FREELANG	B-Language
Dictionary	I-Language
has	O
it	O
roots	O
in	O
the	O
Dutch	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Project	O
,	O
started	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Frits	O
van	O
Zanten	O
and	O
his	O
friend	O
Tom	O
van	O
der	O
Meijden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
French	O
version	O
was	O
hosted	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
FREELANG	B-Language
,	O
headed	O
by	O
the	O
French	O
Dutch	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Project	O
lead	O
,	O
Beaumont	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
Dutch	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Project	O
team	O
consisted	O
of	O
six	O
members	O
—	O
Dario	O
(	O
Italy	O
)	O
,	O
Peter	O
(	O
Sweden	O
)	O
,	O
Vladimir	O
(	O
Russia	O
)	O
,	O
Tom	O
(	O
Norway	O
)	O
,	O
Gustaf	O
(	O
Denmark	O
)	O
and	O
Beaumont	O
(	O
France	O
)	O
—	O
who	O
decided	O
to	O
continue	O
with	O
the	O
venture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vladimir	O
,	O
the	O
Russian	O
Dutch	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Project	O
lead	O
,	O
wrote	O
new	O
scripts	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
new	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2001	O
,	O
both	O
the	O
English	O
and	O
Dutch	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Dutch	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Project	O
were	O
brought	O
under	O
FREELANG	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
FREELANG	B-Language
site	O
is	O
managed	O
by	O
Beaumont	O
,	O
based	O
in	O
Bangkok	O
,	O
Thailand	O
since	O
October	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
Spanish	O
version	O
was	O
brought	O
under	O
FREELANG	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
major	O
website	O
restructuring	O
in	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Lithuanian	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
Spanish	O
and	O
Thai	O
welcome	O
pages	O
were	O
added	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
portal	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
and	O
Spanish	O
FREELANG	B-Language
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FREELANG	B-Language
operates	O
four	O
separate	O
language	O
websites	O
:	O
English	O
,	O
Dutch	O
,	O
French	O
and	O
Spanish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
fellow	O
Dutch	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Project	O
versions	O
include	O
sites	O
in	O
Czech	O
,	O
Esperanto	O
,	O
Italian	O
and	O
Russian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
height	O
of	O
the	O
Dutch	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Project	O
,	O
sites	O
in	O
Danish	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Hungarian	O
,	O
Norwegian	O
,	O
Polish	O
,	O
Brazilian	O
Portuguese	O
and	O
Swedish	O
also	O
existed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
language	O
modules	O
make	O
up	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
FREELANG	B-Language
dictionary	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Language	O
modules	O
may	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
either	O
the	O
on-line	O
interface	O
page	O
or	O
off-line	O
FREELANG	B-Language
dictionary	I-Language
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
on-line	O
interface	O
page	O
accommodates	O
all	O
platforms	O
,	O
the	O
off-line	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
program	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
modules	O
is	O
currently	O
available	O
only	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FREELANG	B-Language
Translation	O
Help	O
Service	O
provides	O
some	O
translation	O
services	O
for	O
free	O
,	O
as	O
long	O
at	O
is	O
not	O
too	O
long	O
and	O
not	O
for	O
a	O
commercial	O
purpose	O
.	O
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