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Google Translate Adds Dictionary Tool
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Google translate added a new feature: Dictionary. This is in addition with the already existing “translate text” box, but dictionary is little more optimized for single-word queries, and it also adds some related phrases to results. As of now translations are only available between English, German, Spanish, French, Korean and Italian but other languages are available under text translation.

The translations are good but not always. I tried to translate Hosting from English to German and it gives the result as Ausrichtung which does not mean hosting rather it means Alignment.

The dictionary also seems to have problems with American vs British English spelling. For instance, Google wasn’t able to translate “color” from English into German, outputting a simple “No translation was found.” After changing the spelling to the British “colour,” correct translations like “Färbung” or “Farbe” were offered. The exact opposite happens when you try to translate “colour” from to English to French, you need to type color instead.

But overall it definitely enhances the Google translate Tool with this new dictionary feature. Go ahead and try with your words at translate.google.com

Labels: Dictionary, Google, Translate