{"id":2557,"date":"2009-11-17T08:42:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T06:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tokao.com\/?p=2557"},"modified":"2009-11-17T08:42:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T06:42:37","slug":"google-translate-now-talks-and-translates-in-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/17\/google-translate-now-talks-and-translates-in-real-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Translate Now Talks and Translates in Real-time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google\u2019s tool for translating text between 51 languages,\u00a0Google Translate<\/a>, has just\u00a0added<\/a> some very nifty and very useful features, with the biggest change being the addition of instant, real-time translations.<\/p>\n

While the company hasn\u2019t removed the \u201ctranslate\u201d button from its service, it should because now the proper translation will appear in real-time below the text box. It\u2019s actually quite amazing: you can type in complex words and see their roots as you type. It also allows you to craft sentences faster and more efficiently in other languages.<\/p>\n

Google Translate\u2019s two other additions are nearly as impressive. Another new feature helps English speakers pronounce and read non-roman languages (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean). Clicking \u201cShow romanizaiton\u201d will provide you a phonetic representation of the translation so you can read it off instantly. Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian aren\u2019t supported yet. However, Arabic, Persian, and Hindi now have a feature that allows you to type out the words as they sound (in English) and convert them to native script.<\/p>\n

Finally,\u00a0Google\u2019s<\/span> added text-to-speech support for English translations: just click the speaker icon to hear your translation. Overall, these new features are a good upgrade to Google Translate, especially the real-time translations, which we think may change how people interact with the tool.<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more, Google\u2019s provided a video demoing these new features:<\/p>\n

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Google\u2019s tool for translating text between 51 languages,\u00a0Google Translate, has just\u00a0added some very nifty and very useful features, with the biggest change being the addition of instant, real-time translations. While the company hasn\u2019t removed the \u201ctranslate\u201d button from its service, it should because now the proper translation will appear in real-time below the text box. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,89],"class_list":["post-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-google","tag-mashable"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}