With our latest update to our Google Translate app for Android, we’re aiming to get one step closer to the Babel fish. By integrating Google Goggles’ optical character recognition (OCR) technology, we’ve made it possible for you to use the camera…
Did you know that more than 5000 new words are created each year? At Google we’re always curious about new words from around the world, from all languages, and we think one of the best ways to understand and make sense of new words is by observing th…
Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog. The rise of the web has brought the world’s collective knowledge to the fingertips of more than two billion people. With just a short query you can access a webpage on a server thousands of miles away in a …
Knowing what you want to translate is sometimes only half the battle. You may have a letter from your secret admirer sitting in front of you, but if you can’t type the words into Google Translate the meaning can remain elusive. Typing in languages wh…
With our most recent update to Google Translate for Android, we’ve added an experimental new input feature: handwriting on your touchscreen.Maybe you’d like to see if three 木 make a 森, but you don’t have a Japanese keyboard installed? Just us…