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Making conversations easier with Google Translate
November 20, 2013
Cross-posted from the
Google Translate Blog
Have you ever been in that frustrating situation where you meet someone -- yet can’t communicate because you don’t speak each other’s language? Well, hopefully communication can become a whole lot easier with the launch of the new
Google Translate app for Android
. The app now features faster and simpler speech translation, additional language support, and a sleek new look.
Converse without boundaries
Let’s say you're taking your first vacation abroad and decide to head to Spain. The only problem? You don't speak Spanish. Now -- equipped with just your Android device -- you can have a fully translated back-and-forth conversation from Spanish to English with very little work. All you need to do is open up your Translate app and press the microphone icon. We’ve also added gesture support, so with a simple turn of the screen, you can switch back and forth between languages. This makes ordering food in that authentic Tapas restaurant a whole lot easier!
More translate options for more languages
With today’s updated Translate app, we also offer more language support for our
handwriting feature
, allowing you to directly write words in Hebrew, Javanese, and Esperanto on your device screen and have them translated on the fly. You can also use our
camera translation
feature to take a photo of written text with your Android device and highlight which words you’d like to be translated, now including additional language support for Malay and Ukranian.
We hope Google Translate can continue to help break down more language barriers in easier ways, all on your mobile device. We'll be rolling the update out via the
Google Play Store
today and tomorrow. We hope you give it a whirl!
Posted by Matthew Gaba, Product Manager
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