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.
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