Google Translate For iPhone

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Google has released (http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/08/google-translate-now-for-iphone.html) an iPhone version of Google Translate (http://translate.google.com/). Google Translate is a service that translates text between languages using computer algorithms and while its accuracy has room for improvement, it is generally accurate enough to get simple points across when no other resources are available.


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Google Translate for iPhone is optimized for speed, supports all of the existing Google Translate language pairs, and uses a client-side data-store on your iPhone to hang on to your past translations so you always have them at hand, even if you can't use the local data network. We wrote this using the AJAX Language API, so every time the Google Translate team updates the languages they support, the languages will automatically be added here.

Article Link (http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2008/08/12/google-translate-for-iphone/)

[carlosbutler]

im surprised the translations, at least those on the image are that bad. even altavista's babelfish is better than that. bit useless i think - easier to have a link on the home screen to the av website

[mikes63737]

Yeah, those translations are definitely grammatically wrong.

But it's pretty good when you're just looking up one word. I'm glad this page will load faster on my iPhone for Spanish class where we only have EDGE.

[Shasterball]

May be worth it when there is a local app version?

[Scooterman1]

Useless. They need to read Macrumors. People don't want to run up a high Data Bill while in another country. They need to develop one into a low cost App.

[born4sky]

Thank You Google ...

[maverick808]

Without caching translation info locally this application is completely pointless. Who is going to want to run up massive data costs while abroad?

[Orlandooo]

That is shocking translation.

[OneMike]

ah it's a webapp. was going to say it's good but if a webapp have to compare to babelfish and in that case it's not as good.

[Sinsinnati]

Uggg, why can't we have Japanese, Chinese & Korean translate in the roman alphabet?

"Konichiwa B*tches!"

[iNfowarrior]

Nice, been waiting for something like this.

[swingerofbirch]

I noticed you can suggest better translations, I suggested, "Me puede dar una taza de cafe?" instead of "Puedo tener...?"

[BornAgainMac]

I converted some Chinese symbols on a web page to English and it actually did a good job. I didn't use my iPhone but just a PC and a web browser though. I can't draw Chinese symbols.

[Rojo]

Even though it's far from exact, I use Google Translate a lot to translate chunks of text I find on the web or in other documents. However, with no copy & paste yet, this is useless for me...

[gcmexico]

I'll take a look at it...might come in handy

[iThink4U]

Sounds more like a LOLcat.

I can has a grand coffez pleaze ? :D

[ThunderBull4]

Sounds more like a LOLcat.

I can has a grand coffez pleaze ? :D

hahaha Yeah that's so true.

[Kilamite]

If they made it into an actual application (could be quite big, depending on how many dictionaries they include) it would be useful.

Even if there is grammar errors, if you were in a sticky situation and didn't speak the language, it'll definitely help.

[bpl323]

That could be really useful when abroad.

[freediverdude]

What would really come in handy for tourists, is if they made something like this and added on text-to-speech. So, you could type in "I want a double cheeseburger" and the iPhone actually speaks the phrase in the foreign language for you. Star Trek universal translator! hehe That would be indispensable for a lot of tourists, they could charge quite a bit for that.

[iThink4U]

What would really come in handy for tourists, is if they made something like this and added on text-to-speech. So, you could type in "I want a double cheeseburger" and the iPhone actually speaks the phrase in the foreign language for you. Star Trek universal translator! hehe That would be indispensable for a lot of tourists, they could charge quite a bit for that.

That would be great, is it posible since the iPhone is Leopard ?:rolleyes:

[squeakyclutch]

Sounds cool.

[iTeen]

Wish there was a actual app...in Spanish class that would be very useful.

[niaz333]

wow i can imagine!