Which company developed the first commercially successful machine translation software in the 1990s that used a statistical approach rather than rule-based translation?

The development of machine translation tools represents one of the most significant advancements in applied linguistics and language technology. Before the sophisticated AI-powered translation services we use today, there were pioneering products that changed how we approached cross-language communication. This poll tests your knowledge about a pivotal moment in language technology product development history.

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IBM with its Candide system
Microsoft with its Translator product
Systran, developer of early translation systems for the US Air Force
Dragon Systems, known for speech recognition technology