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Twitter Translation Is Back, Still Bing-Powered

Bing-powered translations have returned to Twitter. The social network announced the news in a tweet, saying that it was introducing tweet translation with Bing translator. We're introducing Tweet...
Twitter Translation Is Back, Still Bing-Powered
Written by Josh Wolford
  • Bing-powered translations have returned to Twitter.

    The social network announced the news in a tweet, saying that it was introducing tweet translation with Bing translator.

    “Introducing” really means “Reintroducing”, as Twitter used to have Bing-powered translations – but they were instant and appeared automatically below tweets in foreign (to you) languages. Twitter axed that feature in August of last year.

    Translation tool appears as a globe icon in the upper-right-hand corner of tweets. It’s now available on desktop, iOS, Android, and Tweetdeck.

    A disclaimer as to why the translations are sometimes shitty:

    “Although Bing Translator relies on advanced translation software to provide Tweet translations, the results still vary and often fall below the accuracy and fluency of translations provided by a professional translator. For this reason, the original text is always displayed above its translation.”

    Still, it’s better than nothing.

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