Every day, over 1,000 new users experience the power of Before You Know It
Nashua, N.H., January 25, 2006 – The thrill of victory and agony of defeat is set to take
center stage again as our sport-loving attention is tur ned toward the frigid spectacle of the
Winter Games. This time around the bronze, silver, and gold will be handed out in the snowy
Alps of Italy.
In case you don’t know your “salto” (jump) from your “pista” (track), Transparent Language,
the leader in language learning software is offering a free download of its
Before You Know It
vocabulary program with key Italian, winter sports words and phrases. To access the free
download of
Italian Before You Know It - Winter Games Edition, Torino-bound travelers and
armchair athletes should visit
www.byki.com/wintergames.
In addition, through the end of the Winter Games, any purchase of the
Italian Before You
Know It Deluxe edition download will include an extra set of hundreds of Games-specific
terms and vocabulary.
“The fact that 1,000’s of users a day download
Before You Know It Lite is testimony to how
much fun and value people get out of the program,” said Michael Quinlan, president of
Transparent Language. “We created the winter games edition because we knew no matter
what language our users are currently learning they would want to brush up on their Italian in
time for the Winter Games.”
Before You Know It provides an easy and effective way for tourists, business travelers,
or anyone to rapidly learn key words and phrases in over 15 languages by progressing
through the four-step Perfect Recall Learning process. As the user moves through each
step, Before You Know It tracks their progress, recognizes achievement and reviews
the words and phrases that require the most focus for each unique user. Compatible
with laptops and PDAs, travelers can even learn on the go.
In addition to the included content users can download additional flash card lists in a number
of languages, as well as lists to learn other subjects, from
www.byki.com.
Before
You Know It is available for Windows and Macintosh, in Spanish, French, German,
Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Arabic, Irish, Latin, Malay, Serbian, and
Albanian. Visit
www.byki.com for more information on Before You Know It technology and
products.
Transparent Language provides language learning solutions to the consumer, education, government,
and corporate markets. Since 1991, Transparent Language has helped millions of individuals learn new
languages quickly, easily, and effectively. Transparent Language’s products are also used in more than
12,000 civilian and government educational institutions, including major universities and government
facilities, such as the Defense Language Institute and Foreign Service Institute. Call 800-567-9619 or
visit
www.transparent.com for more information.
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