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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: 2, Funny) by Some call me Tim on Tuesday October 13 2015, @05:17AM

    by Some call me Tim (5819) on Tuesday October 13 2015, @05:17AM (#248744)

    Can it translate Klingon or Vogon? Those seem to be the only languages that my managers speak these days. It's not that I really care what they're saying, I'd just like a bit of warning before they vent me out an airlock.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by FatPhil on Tuesday October 13 2015, @08:21AM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Tuesday October 13 2015, @08:21AM (#248774) Homepage
    Vogon is supported as a target. I know this as when I ask it to translate Estonian to English, it gives me Vogon - precisely the kind which managers speak.

    Some classic examples: "Tallinn" is translated to "London"; "euro" is translated to "pound"; and the word for "yes" is randomly translated to both "yes" and "no" apparently at whim. As is the word for "maybe" - so it's an instant decision maker, great feature!
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