Google Translate turns 20, brings AI upgrades, live translation and pronunciation practice tools

Google Translate has completed 20 years, evolving from a 2006 research experiment into a global AI-powered communication platform. In a blog post marking the milestone, Rose Yao, VP, Product, Search at Google, explained how the service now supports around 250 languages and is used by over 1 billion people every month. Continue reading “Google Translate turns 20, brings AI upgrades, live translation and pronunciation practice tools”

Google Translate on Android gets offline mode via update

With the latest update to Google Translate for Android, the company has added a much requested feature. The app now makes it possible to enable offline translations on a per language basis. Users will need to download a fairly large language pack to enable said feature. Google notes that offline translations will not be as good as those down in the cloud.

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