Google Translate is a free translation tool that has arrived for mobile apps running Android and iOS , as well as a dedicated version of Chrome and Firefox browsers . You can now use the same features as Google Translate on your smartphone or tablet, and while you are browsing the internet, from your own browser. Translating into 72 different languages is supported. If you want, you can speak sentences and listen to the translations.
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The feature list includes voice translation support instead of typing a sentence. You speak and the app instantly interprets in the requested language. This feature, however, is valid for only 17 languages.
With the app you can also listen to your translations in 24 different languages, show them in full screen for easy viewing and allow you to add text as favorites. In this case, you can access them even if you are offline.
To help learners, the app spells words from non-Latin languages such as Chinese and Japanese. So you will know the phonetic of each one.
Virtually all languages supported by the site are on the Google Translate application list, including English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and even Esperanto. Even the program interface is similar to the web version. The colors, white background, and microphone common to the Google page are in the app.
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Users of Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers can add the program as a complement and start translating without visiting the traditional page of the service. It identifies when a webpage is not in the user’s default language and suggests that the content be translated automatically.
The app for devices running the Android operating system translates conversations in real time, and in a very simple way. Just press the microphone icon on the app screen, speak and then rotate the device screen for immediate translation into the desired language. In addition, the service also allows the translation of words and texts using the device’s camera. Employing Google Googles optical recognition (OCR) technology , the app is able to translate words or characters into images captured by your smartphone or tablet.
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Our Review
Google Translate, as the name implies, is the translation program for the giant search company. The online version of the service allows the user to translate in up to 54 different languages. This is a big advantage for those who need to read a text in Afrikaans or Haitian Creole for example, since there are not many dictionaries on the internet that are willing to translate these languages.
The service is very simple to use and allows not only the translation of words, but also of sentences and whole texts. In addition, if an entry has more than one meaning, they also appear.
The browser application plugin has a very simple functionality. If the user enters a page with content in a language other than the one they are used to, a pop-up opens on the screen asking if they want to translate the site. The interesting thing is that the new text appears in the original interface of the site, not forcing the person to change pages or lose possible illustrations.
The mobile edition of the tool is not difficult to use and has many useful features. The person can speak or type the word as well as hear the translation. The program also has access to SMS messages and can translate them into any of the available languages. One problem is slang and word reductions, which are not understood by the translator.
Google Translate is a good tool for anyone who wants to unveil texts in foreign languages. In the web and mobile versions, it records the most commonly used languages so that they can be found in the middle of the list more easily. However, texts that are too long or use slang or non-formal constructions may be compromised. But for those who don’t need a professional result, all versions work very well.
Pros
- Available across platforms
- Translation in a large number of languages
- Easy to use
- Free and in India
- Mobile Speech Recognition
Cons
- Errors in translation of large texts
- Best translation results for certain languages
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