Google Translator is translating the world's information

Learning a different language? or are you interested reading local articles in foreign language? During the old times, you will be needing the service of a personal translator. Fast forward to digital age, you can have the same translation service online and for free. Yesterday from this blog entry, Google launched the Google Translator Kit -- a powerful but easy-to-use editor that enables translators to bring that human touch to machine translation.


Google Translator Kit allows anyone to upload different types of documents( Microsoft Word, Rich Text, OpenDocument Text , HTML and Plain Text) or input the URL of the file and even Wikipedia article. Upon submission, the information is automatically translated to the selected destination language.

Translation process flow


Google Translator sample result


Besides Wikipedia, Google Translator kit is also integrated with Knol. For translator by profession there are advanced features such as terminology and translation memory management.

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