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Android Marshmallow Has a Hidden Feature: Universal Translation

posted by cmn32480 on Monday October 12 2015, @11:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the one-more-way-to-give-info-to-google dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" takes translation one step further by automatically integrating it into popular apps such as LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and TripAdvisor.

Users will need to have Google's Translate app installed on their phone or tablet for the feature to work, but they won't need to switch back and forth between Translate and other apps to be able to understand text written in other languages. The translated text will appear right in the app being used.
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If you're using WhatsApp to communicate with someone in another language, the feature will help you to read his or her messages and to compose your own – just type a response in your preferred language, and Android will convert it to the language spoken by the other person. Google says the feature will allow for translation between any of 90 languages.

Let's test it out. Can any Marshmallow users check if the feature is translating this correctly? 君達の基地は、全てCATSがいただいた。 ("All your base are belong to us")

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2015, @12:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2015, @12:00AM (#248688)

    Yeah, it worked perfect. It translated it as: "That joke is hella old and gay".

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Tuesday October 13 2015, @12:05AM

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday October 13 2015, @12:05AM (#248692) Journal

    It translated it for me as: "My password is 'hunter2'".

    Of course, it showed up, for me, as *******

    What does it show up for you as?

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    • (Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday October 13 2015, @12:19AM

      by anubi (2828) on Tuesday October 13 2015, @12:19AM (#248695) Journal

      My google translation read:

      Kimitachi no kichi wa, subete CATS ga itadaita.
      Base of you guys is, CATS has received all.

      There must be a translation error.. shouldn't it be sometning like:

      ( from CATS ) "All of your couches is belong to us!"

      That seems to be the unsaid rule around my place...

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Eristone on Tuesday October 13 2015, @12:31AM

      by Eristone (4775) on Tuesday October 13 2015, @12:31AM (#248696)

      For reference on the previous comment:
      bash.org [bash.org]

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2015, @01:24AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2015, @01:24AM (#248705)

        Yeah we know. The reference is ancient.

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday October 13 2015, @04:54PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday October 13 2015, @04:54PM (#248982) Journal

    People still say 'hella?' Oh, I get it, your comment is recursive.

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