25 Jan 2015
Twitter Has Introduced Tweet Translation for its iOS and Android Users.
Twitter
has reportedly announced via a tweet on its official twitter account that it
has partnered with Bing Translator to introduce tweet translation for its iOS
and Android users. Windows 8 phone users have already been enjoying this
service for about two years now.
However,
for now, the translations are available for 40 language pairs only. You can
access this via a browser, Twitters own Tweetdeck and Twitter apps for mobile
devices.
Users
can turn tweet translation on or off by signing into Twitter on a desktop
computer or laptop, then go to your Account setting in the Content area and
select the tweet translation service to turn the setting on or off.
A
little globe icon at the side of a tweet indicates that it was originally
published in a different language and also that a translation is available
between your language and the language of the tweet.
However, Twitter
warned that translations may sometimes be of low quality, though Bing says that
its researchers are continuously working on improvements but warns that it will
take years before effective browsers translation can be achieved.
For this reason, the
original text is always displayed above its translation as they think it will
make it easier to understand by comparing the translation with the original if
necessary.
According to Twitter, it’s
a great way to disseminate worldwide news and information. We can now follow
Twitters tweeting in other languages by overcoming language barriers.
22 Jan 2015
Google Translate’s Latest Update Taking Translation to another Level with 2 Awesome New Features.
Google, just some days
back released an update to its Google Translate app for Android and iOS. This
updates are huge and offers a lot of convenience and satisfaction to its users.
One of the updates include the ability of Google translate to translate foreign
languages real time.
The update is already
available for download or update from Google Playstore for Android users or
Apple apps store for iOS users. The update includes voice recognition for seven
languages for now. All users have to do now is to speak one language into their
phone and have the app into text in another language.
For example, if the user
is translating from English into German, he simply has to tap the mic icon and
say "keep it up." Google Translate takes a few moments to process the
sentence and come back with "J'ai faim." The user then won't have to
tap the mic if he wants to translate other sentences; the app will be able to
recognize his voice and what language he speaks in.
At the same time, the
app also automatically recognizes the voice input from the other user, so it
can also translate the other person's sentences into the first language.
Google only released voice
recognition for Google Translate for seven languages for now: English, French,
Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese and Italian. However, Google is planning
to add several languages in the future. In the meantime, the app also offers
text translations for 90 other languages.
The second update is the
addition of Word Lens capabilities to Google Translate. This new feature allows
users to take a photo of text and receive a translation of it in 36 languages.
Users only need to point their camera at the text, and Google Translate will
provide the text translation over the image.
Word Lens for Google
Translate works without Internet or data connection. Voice translation is also
possible offline, but users will have to download separate language packs for
it to work.
You can download the update Here
