Google has one of the best language translation technologies around, which they’ve continually improved over the past few years. And now their Android app has the ability to support speech-to-speech translation in 14 languages. More »
A new feature built into Google Translate for Android, Conversation Mode is a little rough around the edges, but it’s basically your own personal Babel Fish. It does what Wordlens does, but in real-time speech, translating English and Spanish. More »
The average translation system uses a billion words to model a language. Google’s uses a few hundred billion English words. Apparently, the way to do translation – crunching millions of passages and human translations – is up Google’s alley. Who knew? [NYT]
Google already runs a successful online translator, Google Translate, but they’ve got far-loftier ideas than simply converting the written word. They want to translate languages spoken over the phone, according to their head of translation services. More »
