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Google dramatically improves support for Indian languages across Translate, Gboard and more

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 25 Apr 2017 1:18 pm
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When the entire internet is in your language, the possibilities are endless. Google has long held a special focus on the technology needs of India, and is making a big step toward addressing the entire subcontinent with today's announcements of improved language support across multiple products. In an attempt to make its products useful for nearly all of the estimated 400 million internet users...

Google Translate picks up machine learning support for even more languages

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 7 Mar 2017 7:20 am
Google Translate gets much better at converting phrases from Hindi, Russian and Vietnamese into other languages. Google announced back in November that it was adding neural machine learning to its translation service, allowing the service to translate entire sentences at a time. The move resulted in a drastic improvement when using Google Translate with English, French, German, Spanish,...

Google makes Translate more accurate and sophisticated

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Posted by Florence Ion on 15 Nov 2016 5:47 pm
Here's a bit of news that will make your translation prowess a little more sophisticated. If you're like me and you check yourself before you make a fool of yourself by butchering someone else's native tongue, you'll appreciate the latest update to Google Translate. Google has announced that it's launched the next step in making its translation services even better: Neural Machine Translation...

Google Translate can now work its magic from any app with just a tap

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Posted by John Callaham on 11 May 2016 11:25 am
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Google is rolling out a new update for its Translate app for Android. Among other things, it adds a way to translate words from any app with just a tap.

Google Translate adds support for 13 new languages

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Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 17 Feb 2016 4:05 pm
Google Translate adds support for 13 new languages
Google Translate has added support for 13 new languages, bringing the total number of supported tongues to 103.

Contribute to Google Translate in India, win an Android One handset

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 19 Dec 2015 7:31 am
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Google has kicked off its second Translatathon in India, enlisting volunteers to contribute to the Google Translate community. The search giant is looking for those fluent in Bengali, Telugu, and Tamil to help validate words and phrases from their languages into English. The 50 most active volunteers will win an Android One phone.

Google's Tap to Translate will let Indian users directly translate text from within any app

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 16 Dec 2015 6:00 am
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At the Google for India keynote, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a new Translate feature that will be making its debut in country in the first quarter of 2016. Dubbed Tap to Translate, the feature lets users instantly translate text from within a third-party app, such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and more.

Google begins rolling out new branding across web and Android apps

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Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 1 Sep 2015 4:46 pm
Google rolls out new branding to app icons on Android and the web
Following the announcement of its new logo, Google has started updating the logos and icons of several of its apps. On the web, several of Google's services now feature a capital sans-serif G where there was previously a lower-case serif g. Likewise, updates have started trickling out to the company's Android apps to reflect the change as well.

Google Translate for Android adds 20 more languages for video text translation

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Posted by John Callaham on 29 Jul 2015 11:39 am
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The Google Translate app for Android just got a big update, allowing it to translate the text of 20 more languages when it is used with a smartphone or tablet video camera.

Google now translating 100 billion words a day, rolls out video to showcase Google Translate

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 23 Jun 2015 12:47 am
Google has made significant additions to Google Translate that introduced real-time translation of words and text, with the service now processing over 100 billion words a day.

Google turbocharges Translate, instant translation of voice and text now possible

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 15 Jan 2015 4:52 am
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As revealed earlier this week, Google has updated its Translate app with real-time text and speech translation, made possible by Word Lens integration and improvements to the translation engine.

Google's Translate app will soon support live translation

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 12 Jan 2015 2:38 am
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Google is set to update its Google Translate app to support simultaneous translation, a feature Microsoft recently implemented into Skype. According to The New York Times, the functionality will recognize and convert detected speech input to text in a chosen output language. It's especially handy for those who require convenient access to immediate translation support.

Google Translate adds support for ten more languages

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Posted by Chuong H Nguyen on 11 Dec 2014 6:57 pm
Google Translate adds support for ten more languages
Google has added support for 10 more languages to Google Translate, allowing an additional 200 million people to translate text to and from their native languages. Support for the 10 new languages is now live on the Google Translate web portal, and Google says that support will reach mobile apps shortly.

Google Translate app gets phonetic support for more languages

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Posted by Derek Kessler on 29 Aug 2014 3:47 pm
Google Translate gets phonetic support for more languages
The Google Translate app has been updated with improved offline languages and expanded phonetic input support. The issue with entering text for some languages is simply that the characters aren't available, or are understandably buried, in our standard English QWERTY keyboards. To make things easier, Google Translate supports phonetic entry: type it in how it sounds, and Google will figure out...

Google Translate updated with nine new languages

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 11 Dec 2013 6:45 am
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Additions including Somali, Zulu and Punjabi bring total supported languages to 80 Google has updated Translate service with support for nine new languages from Africa, Asia and Oceania, bringing the total number of supported languages up to 80. The new additions include Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Somali, Zulu, Mongolian, Nepali, Punjabi and Maori, with more than 200 million native speakers between...

Google Translate improving conversational translations, expanding language support

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 20 Nov 2013 6:27 pm
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New gesture support and improved language recognition from handwriting and images The latest version of the Google Translate app is making it even easier to have conversations between languages. The latest update, which will begin rolling out to users today, makes it easier to converse with someone by just activating the app then turning the phone between two people. You now simply select the...

Google Translate adds Hindi and Thai handwriting input, camera input for four more languages

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 15 Aug 2013 5:28 pm
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Further expanding the methods of communication with a single app. Android is an operating system that is truly global, and Google is expanding the capabilities of Google Translate today to reflect that by adding important new languages. First are two new languages that can be used for handwriting recognition, and those are Hindi and Thai. It's especially important for handwriting recognition...

Google Translate app updated with offline support

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 27 Mar 2013 2:30 pm
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An update to the Google Translate app for Android is going out today, adding support for offline translations for fifty languages. It's a big upgrade for Google Translate, which until now has required an internet connection. (We all know how expensive international roaming can be.) The new version supports Android 2.3 Gingerbread and above, and languages can be downloaded from the new "Offline...

Google Translate v2.5 adds image translation and more

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 9 Aug 2012 7:40 am
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Looks like there's a big update for the Google Translate Android app going out this morning. The big addition in the new version 2.5 is the ability to translate parts of images using your phone's rear-facing camera. This feature can be used by tapping the camera icon, tapping the screen to take a picture, then highlighting what you want to translate. It takes a little getting used to, but with a...

Google Translate updated with tablet and copying improvements

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 21 Jun 2012 10:07 am
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Having an app like Google Translate on your phone can be indispensable when you're traveling, and the latest update to Google's multilingual app adds a few improvements that should make it easier to use. The latest version 2.4.2 includes quick navigation between conversation, history and favorites modes on tablets (phones have had this feature for a while), in addition to easier copying of...

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