It offers the traditional translation tool, the option of speaking words and phrases to get translations and to listen to them, and a conversation mode. Google Translate can even convert non-Latin scripts into the Latin alphabet, and there is also an app for smartphones. ![]() You simply enter a text in a specific source language in the left column and get a translation in your desired target language with one simple click. Many of us are very familiar with the two-column Google Translate display. Today, it is the most popular machine translation service available online. Google Translate was originally introduced in 2006 for Arabic. How Google Translate adds simplicity and convenience to the MT debate Eventually, in 2006, we also witnessed the dawn of Google Translate. However, we had to wait until the 1990s to see the expansion of MT systems in commercial agencies, government services and multinational companies as well as the emergence of translation workstations. In spite of the doubts about the authenticity of the translation, expectations were high after the experiment and it was thought that within a few years, there would be computers able to quickly translate many of the world’s languages and to make international communication easier. The experiment drew the attention of the mass media, leading to further research being financed. Weaver’s work led to the first public machine translation experiment in 1954, organized by IBM: it involved translating some Russian sentences into English using a restricted vocabulary of 250 words and only six grammatical rules converted into program code. The first significant reflections on machine translation (MT) date back to the late 1940s with the work of Warren Weaver, an American scientist and mathematician who wanted to use his knowledge of cryptography, statistics and language universals to create a computer able to translate human languages. ![]() ![]() But do you know how it all started? And what does the love life of one of its developers have to do with it? Find out in this blog post. Would you recognize the Google Translate logo? Of course! We bet you’ve used it plenty of times.
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