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Antidote Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With One Million Users

December 07, 2016 Press releases

Antidote, the renowned writing assistance software from Druide informatique, is celebrating its 20-year anniversary in good company, having passed the threshold of one million registered users. With this dual milestone, Druide is announcing two significant donations in the fields of research and edu...

Antidote Now Integrated With SDL Trados Studio

November 18, 2016 Press releases

At the 2016 Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec’s (OTTIAQ) conference today, Druide informatique announced that its Antidote suite now offers full integration with SDL Trados Studio. As a result, translators will be able to access Antidote’s language resource...

Laurent Paquin Wins the Antidote Cup

November 07, 2016 Press releases

Comedian Laurent Paquin was awarded the Antidote Cup for his performance in the Tournoi des générations, held this past Thursday at the TOHU. The Antidote Cup, sponsored by Druide informatique, is awarded to participants for the quality of their French in the “improvisation matches” organized...

Normand de Bellefeuille Wins the Governor General’s Literary Award

October 26, 2016 Press releases

The team at Éditions Druide warmly congratulates its colleague Normand de Bellefeuille, who has just won in the Poetry category of the 2016 [Governor General’s Literary Award](http://livresgg.ca/~/media/ggbooks/2016/lists/ggla gagnants et finalistes 2016.pdf) for Le poème est une maison de bord de ...

Le temps du paysage Among Finalists for the Prix Marcel-Couture

October 26, 2016 Press releases

The Prix Marcel-Couture is presented by La Presse in recognition of exceptional work by a Quebec editor in the publication of an original illustrated book in French. Le temps du paysage, which brings together texts and photographs by Hélène Dorion, is one of five books to make the finals. It i...

Pierre-Luc Landry Wins the Ottawa Book Award

October 20, 2016 Press releases

Éditions Druide warmly congratulates Pierre-Luc Landry, winner of the Ottawa Book Award for his novel Les corps extraterrestres. For more than 30 years, the Ottawa Book Awards/Prix du livre d’Ottawa have been honouring exceptional authors from the city, recognizing the best French and English-lang...

Gabriel Marcoux-Chabot Wins the Prix Ringuet

October 13, 2016 Press releases

Éditions Druide warmly congratulates Gabriel Marcoux-Chabot, this year’s winner of the Prix Ringuet for his novel Tas-d’roches.

The Académie des lettres du Québec presents the Prix Ringuet each year in recognition of original and essential contributions to the Quebec cultural landscape by writer...

André Jacques wins the 2016 Prix Saint-Pâcome

October 06, 2016 Press releases

Éditions Druide warmly congratulates author André Jacques, this year’s winner of the Prix Saint-Pacôme for _La bataille de Pavie. _Throughout the years, the Société du roman policier de Saint-Pacôme has crowned the greatest names in the crime genre. With today’s award, André Jacques firmly takes...

Antidote 9 v4: a New, Free Update for French and English

September 16, 2016 Press releases

Druide informatique announces the release of Antidote 9 v4, the third free update for the current edition of its renowned writing assistance software suite. Version 4 brings an enhanced set of dictionaries with expanded and refreshed content, including hundreds of new words in both English and Frenc...

Typing Pal’s New Features for 2016

July 05, 2016 Press releases

Druide informatique is delighted to announce that an improved version of Typing Pal Online is now available. The web-based typing tutorial application is easier to access, thanks in large part to the inclusion of Google Sign-In and personalized URLs, while also providing new ways of helping students...