Google Translate (or, if you prefer, Google translator) completed 10 years of existence last month, April 28th. And Google sent an email to all Gmail users, inviting them to celebrate their 10th anniversary with the Translate Community “Celebrate 10th birthday with Translate Community”
Google Translate is a virtual instant translation platform from Google subsidiary Alphabet Inc, which allows us to translate texts, websites, and over time added image translation and real-time voice translation.
The software was introduced in the market in 2007, and was occupying its space in the market practically destroying the competition. Over time he has implemented sophisticated mechanisms which has made him become the leading service in language translation.
The great triumph of Google Translate is that it is free, and it can be used in both your browser and your smartphone, which is already in the 4.4.0 version.
Since April 2016, it has begun to support more than 103 languages, if we count since the date of its release 101 languages are over, used by more than 200 millions of people daily. Let's be true that he breaks the limb of anyone.
If before the speech of a Graduate was: "I would like to thank: The Internet, Google, Wikipedia, Microsoft Office & Copy Paste ...? ” We should certainly add the Google Translate in this speech. It helps many students at whatever level.
Like anyone in their first 10 years, we learn to see, understand, speak, listen, talk, and support friends when necessary.
Google Translate in these 10 years has learned the same things as you in your 10 years of existence, and he for his great compassion helps connect people in communities around the world.
Let's take a look at their achievements in these 10 years:
- Daily we translate more than 100 billion words, regardless of the language used.
- Over 500 millions of people use Google Translate (Translator). Among the most common languages are English, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Indonesian.
- Google Translate is not just a language translation platform. It also helps people communicate, with the help of this tool, a community in Canada constantly uses this tool to communicate with Syrian refugees, and they feel more comfortable, video below, From Syria to Canada.
- Brazil is the country that uses Google Translate the most. According to Google itself, 92% of translations on the platform come from outside the United States, and Brazil is the country that is at the top of the list.
- The translations allow you to reflect trends and events. In addition to the common phrases like "I love you", there are people looking for translations related to current events and trends. A great example was last year, millions of people translated the word "Selfie", and recently many were interested to translate "Purple Rain" a hit of former singer Prince, who passed away on the 21 night of April 2016, increasing one peak of 25,000 percent in translations.
- You can also make Google Translate even better by taking it to another level by working together with Translate Community.
At this point there are more than 3,5 millions of people who have made 90 millions of contributions through Translate Community, helping them to improve translations and adding new languages. We all know that before the platform translated word by word, and the sentences kind of made no sense. By recommending a translation you would be helping Google Translate to increase your daily base.
- See the world in your own language. The Google Translate App allows you to translate more than 28 languages instantly with Word Lens, allowing you to translate menus, street signs and more with your phone's camera.
- You can have a conversation in real time, no matter what language you speak, thanks to Google Translate. 2011 introduced the possibility of having a bilingual conversation in Google Translate, the application recognizes the language that is being spoken and makes a quick translation, this feature allows to have a natural conversation in more than 32 languages.
- Even without an internet connection you can use Google Translate on Android. Already the Word Lens feature you can use it offline to translate menus and signs on both Android and iOS.
If you do not have Google Translate (Translator) on your Smartphone, you can download from these links: Google Play Apple Store
