In the battle for the videoconferencing market, Cisco has announced that WebEx will be gaining live translation for more than 100 languages.
Facebook Tests New Translation Feature For Pages
Facebook is reportedly testing a new feature that could help Pages get messages read (and engaged with) by more people. According to TheNextWeb, the feature lets Page managers write multiple versions of a post in different languages. Facebook will then…
Yeah, Dad, Google Translate Knows Your Dutch Vulgarity
Google Translate is a pretty magical app. I think we can say that without equivocation. Google recently added the ability to point and shoot words and have them instantly translated – and the darndest thing is that it actually works.…
Google Translate Gets Support For 10 More Languages
Google announced the addition of ten new languages to Google Translate. A year ago, the company announced that it had reached the 80-language milestone. Now, it’s up to 90. The new languages are: Chichewa (Chinyanja), Malagasy, Sesotho, Malayalam (മലയാളം), Myanmar…
Yelp Launches Mobile Review Translation On iPhone
Yelp announced the launch of automated review translation in its iPhone app. They offer reviews in fifteen languages in 27 countries. As the company continues to expand internationally, this will only become more important. The app makes use of Bing…
Google Launches Translate Community
Google just announced the launch of a new Translate Community aimed at helping the company improve its translation quality for the 80 languages it already supports. The community is aimed at multi-lingual language enthusiasts, who will also be tasked with…
Skype Is Getting Real-Time Translation Later This Year
There’s no denying that Microsoft’s Skype has played a huge part in international communication, as it’s one of the most popular ways for person A to see and hear person B across the globe. Of course, person A and person…
Google Translate Hits 80 Languages Milestone, Adds 9 New Ones
Google Translate has hit the 80 languages milestone, as Google announced the addition of support for nine more languages. “Whether you’re trekking to a new place or simply trying to communicate with someone who doesn’t share a language with you,…
Etsy Starts Taking Translation Seriously [Updated]
Update: If comments from Etsy users are any indication, Etsy is perhaps not taking translation as seriously as it ought to be (See comments at end of article). Etsy announced on Tuesday that it has added millions of local language…
Facebook Acquires Speech Translation Company Mobile Technologies, Makers of Offline Translation App Jibbigo
Facebook has just announced that they have acquired Mobile Technologies, a language software developer who is best known as the makers of the Jibbigo app. Mobile Technologies’ team will head to Menlo Park to join Facebook’s engineering team. “I’m excited…
App Translations Boost Online Sales
A recent study from an online translation firm, determined that most applications developed anywhere in the world are written in English even when the developers are not from English speaking countries. 40% of the surveyed translations were general business applications,…
Mars: War Logs Delayed, New Localization Coming
Back at the end of April, Mars: War Logs was released on PC to mediocre reviews. Critics praised the action RPG’s setting, ideas, and the ambition of developer Spiders, but also panned the game for a poor translation and story…
Microsoft Launches Bing Translator For Windows
Microsoft has announced that the Bing Translator App for Windows is now available. “Designed specifically for Windows devices, the app places translation technology in your hand by instantly translating content in more than 40 languages,” a spokesperson for Microsoft tells…
Google Translate Adds Bosnian, Cebuano, Hmong, Javanese & Marathi
Google announced that it has added support for five new languages to Google Translate, which brings the total to over 70 languages supported. The new languages are: Bosnian, Cebuano, Hmong, Javanese and Marathi. All of them except for Bosnian are…
Google Translate For Android Gets Offline Support
Google just announced the launch of offline language packages for Google Translate for Android. With the feature, you don’t need an Internet connection to translate your way out of a jam. If you open the app, and select “offline languages”…