One of the wonderful things about Star Wars was that even though you couldn’t understand some characters, you still understood them. But what if you could plug in Chewbacca’s growls and R2D2’s beepity boops into Google Translate to find out what they’re saying? Nate Smith of Awkward Elevator did just that and it’s exactly what you expected. More »
Just like the French Price theme song, Call Me Maybe, the candy pop song that desperately wanted to be the song of 2012 but got hijacked by Gangnam Style, has been put through Google Translate over and over until it was translated back to English. Which means the lyrics have been chopped up into an entirely different, more hilarious beast. I like it better. More »
Sometimes Google translate doesn’t get it quite right. To illustrate that point in the most outlandish way possible, CDZA took the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme, crunched it through Google Translate for all 64 supported languages, then took it back to English. More »
Seeing how much Apple and Google have been butting heads over the past few years, the most embarrassing for Apple being its Maps fiasco, you might find it a bit odd for one company to praise the other one at all. But that’s exactly what seems to be going on as Google’s text-to-speech engine has been caught praising the iPad by using the phrase “he now praises the iPad.” (more…)
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Google has added functionality to the web version of its Translate service, now making it even easier for us to use and understand foreign tongues. Instead of a single result, you’ll be presented with a list of the most common translations, ordered and labeled by how frequently each one is used. What’s more, synonyms are also displayed next to the assortment of results, but this particular feature only works when translating into English, although more languages are expected to be supported soon. We’ve had a quick play around with it, and suggest you head over to the Google Translate page and try out the new elements for yourself. Now, if only the website translator could make those Japanese pages a little easier to read.
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Google Translate gets new features, makes sure you choose the right words originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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While U.S. president Barack Obama is seeking another four years in the office, it seems that a small glitch on Google’s Translation app still believes that George W. Bush is still the U.S. president. According to a reader of The Register who discovered the flaw when he tried to translate an article from the daily French newspaper Le Monde, Google’s automatic translation service will translate “le président américain” into “Bush”.
However, the story could turn out different when “le président américain” is churned directly into the translator, as the French translation engine will properly present you with the right translation – the American President. But a complex French sentence such as the ones from Le Monde seems to trigger the translation glitch. Google has yet to comment on the reports. Although this could be a minor problem, getting this right is still important considering that the 2012 elections is fast approaching.
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Sometimes words aren’t enough and pictures do speak louder, that’s why Google is announcing a nifty update to its Google Translate app for Android. And we are talking about something that probably has never been done before. Google calls the update “point, tap, brush, and listen” and even said that it is now getting closer to the Babel fish. The said update now allows aspiring polyglots to use their smartphone camera to input text without typing.
Explaining how it works, Google said that users will have to push the camera button (obviously), point it to some text, tap to freeze the picture, brush the part you want to translate with your finger, and listen to the translation by clicking the text-to-speech icon. Remember, that’s point, tap, brush, and listen, just in case you forget. “Now give it a try – translate your favorite tapas menu items quicker when you’re visiting Barcelona, decipher those mysterious Australian road signs, and finally learn how to pronounce the name of your favorite Russian movie,” said Google’s Etienne Deguine, Associate Product Manager for Google Translate.
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Google Translate just got Word Lens, basically. The new feature in the latest update of the Google Translate app lets you take a picture in-app, and highlight text you want translated from one language into another. It’s pretty cool. More »
Google’s multi-lingual translation app decided that (online) words were not enough. Beyond digital text, a new update to Translate will let Google’s bots translate what you’re looking at, whether that’s hand-written directions or a sign saying, “wrong way.” Though its not the first time we’ve seen an app that translates text from the camera (not even for Google) the update includes a convenient touch-guided interface that allows you to draw over the text you’d like converted into English — it seemed to master our beginners’ Spanish textbook with ease. The update also adds improvements to its voice translations, with new dialect preferences and improved handwriting recognition for Japanese input. Grab the download before you board that flight abroad this summer — just ensure it’s on a WiFi-only connection once you get there.
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Google Translate app gets weighty update, will translate signs through your smartphone camera originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dictionaries often include example sentences on them to make learning more fun and easy. Today, Google is deploying the same feature to its Google Translate service. Now, Google Translate users will have the option to view sample sentences by clicking the example sentence icon located at the left-hand text box of Google Translate. The feature will prove to be handy since sample sentences will provide more context to the words that we want to learn more about.
While it is nice to see how Google Translate has evolved through the years, it’s important to note that the product is far from being perfect. “Did you know that more than 5000 new words are created each year? At Google we’re always curious about new words from around the world, from all languages, and we think one of the best ways to understand and make sense of new words is by observing them in their natural habitat. Our latest feature does just that by providing you with example sentences taken from fresh new stories around the web,” Google said.
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