Google Translate announced that it will incorporate into its system more than 30 languages new ones that will be available in the company’s translator application, among which are Basque, Corsican, Hawaiian, Hmong, Kurdish, Latinamong others.
According to the company, the Artificial intelligence (AI) has helped drive some of the greatest advances in translation in recent years. Now, the platform is launching new features powered by this technology that provides helpful and contextual awareness when using ‘Translate’ on mobile devices and desktop.
Recently, the application in Android received a new look, “plus we will bring a new design to iOS. Our redesigned translation experience provides a larger canvas for typing and more accessible entry points for translating conversations, voice input, and web translation. camera lens”, indicated the company.
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New updates
In that same sense, the expansion of languages on the device was known, with a total of 33 new additions that are now also available on the device, in the Translator application.
among those who are Basque, Corsican, Hawaiian, Hmong, Kurdish, Latin, Luxembourgish, Sundanese, Yiddish and Zulu, among others; allowing you to download even more languages to use when you don’t have a network connection or are in an area with low connectivity.
They also highlighted that there will be new gestures to make translating more accessible, including the ability to select a language with fewer taps and holding the ‘language’ button to quickly choose a recently used language option with a swipe.
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Also, users will be able to swipe down on the home screen text area to quickly bring up their recent translations. With this there will be a better experience within the platform for users.
Lastly, translation results are now more readable as well, with a dynamic font that automatically adjusts as text is typed. “Alternative translations and dictionary definitions to facilitate the exploration of different meanings”, they highlighted.
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More context on the platform
On the other hand, they also announced that Google Translate will give you more contextual translation options with examples in the intended translated language. “Whether you’re trying to order a bass for dinner or playing a bass during the jam sessions tonight, you have the context you need to translate accurately,” they said.
They will also be able to use it to use the correct turns of phrase, local idioms or appropriate words according to their intent, with languages including English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish, to be implemented in the coming weeks.
Finally, they highlighted that image translation is going to expand, because while Google has been a great tool for text translation, advances in AI have helped the ability to translate images with Lens, allowing you to search for what you want. Go using your device’s camera.
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In a big step, advanced machine learning also means we can combine translated text into complex images, so it looks and feels much more natural.
This new update will be available on phones Android more than 6GB RAM and will soon be expanding web image translation to give you more options for translating image-based content no matter how you search for it.