Thursday, January 15, 2015
Breaking Down Language Barriers
Yep, Google has the mobile application for that. An update to the Google Translate app, announced Wednesday, will add the ability to translate printed text by aiming your phone's camera at it -- even if you don't have an Internet or data connection. The feature will be available on both the Android and iOS versions of the app. It will allow users to translate French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish to English, and vice versa. The mobile applications can also translate the spoken language and it will detect which it is. The apps breaks down barriers but I do not think it is a substitute for learning the language of the country in which your are in. To fully experience the culture and language, it is important to be able to put the phone down and look up. I hope that it will be used to help people learn the language until they get to a point where they can speak it and understand all the nuances themselves. What are your thoughts?
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This mobile application is very useful. The best aspect is that I do not need to use my data to use it.
ReplyDeleteThe internet phones are also translating in real time. Though, I still think learn languages has many benefits.
ReplyDeleteThe mobile applications should only be a tool in learning the new language. It would be a lot better to speak to someone without the phone right there.
ReplyDeleteInternet phones have similar features with translating. Sometimes things can get mistranslated and misunderstood.
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