Lecture 3 – Google Translate

Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, and an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. As of June 2022, Google Translate supports 133 languages at various levels.

Functions:

Google Translate can translate multiple forms of text and media, which includes text, speech, and text within still or moving images. Specifically, its functions include:

• Written Words Translation: a function that translates written words or text to a foreign language.
• Website Translation: a function that translates a whole webpage to selected languages.
• Document Translation: a function that translates a document uploaded by the users to selected languages. The documents should be in the form of: .doc, .docx, .odf, .pdf, .ppt, .pptx, .ps, .rtf, .txt, .xls, .xlsx.
• Speech Translation: a function that instantly translates spoken language into the selected foreign language.

How to open google translate?

Step 1: Go to App launcher.

Step 2: Choose Translate.

Google Translate support many local dialects such as:

1. Hindi
2. Marathi
3. Urdu
4. Tamil
5. Bhojpuri
6. Punjabi
7. Malayalam
8. Kannada
9. Assamese
10. Bengali
11. Dogri
12. Gujarati
13. Mizo
14. Nepali
15. Sindhi
16. Sanskrit
17. Telugu

How to translate text into different languages?

How to translate a document?

Steps:

1. Go to “Document.”
2. Choose a doc by clicking on “Browse your computer.”
3. Select the “document” or file you wish to translate.
4. Click on “open” to upload document.
5. Choose the “preferred language.”
6. Click on “Translate.”
7. Click “Download translation.”
8. “Save.”
9. “Open” the final translation document.

How to translate website?

Steps:

1. Go to “Website” as shown in video.
2. “Type” the “website name.“
3. then click on “translate arrow.“
4. “Search the language” you want to “translate” into.