Comments on: Google Talk Can Now Translate http://cybernetnews.com/google-talk-can-now-translate/ Technology News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Francis Simhttp://cybernetnews.com/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127181 Francis Sim Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:10:03 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/12/19/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127181 The translation seem to be a bit off when you type something more complex. The way the translator translated 'great' is wrong actually. It is technically correct but the 'great' in that case is translated wrongly. I hope things will be better as we move along. The translation seem to be a bit off when you type something more complex. The way the translator translated ‘great’ is wrong actually. It is technically correct but the ‘great’ in that case is translated wrongly. I hope things will be better as we move along.

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127088 Ryan Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:10:57 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/12/19/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127088 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-127018" rel="nofollow">Pieter wrote:</a><blockquote>I tried the en2nl bot. Although it’s cool to have a quick translator at your fingertips, it’s not accurate.</blockquote></div> It would be cool if Google made it easy for people to suggest better translations for phrases when chatting.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-127020" rel="nofollow">CoryC wrote:</a><blockquote>It would be great if you could set Google Talk to automatically translate text from a given contact. Then you could communicate with people that speak a different language without having to go through a separate translation service.</blockquote></div> That would be really awesome! I'm sure they'll have something like that in store, but the translations probably have to get better before they'll allow that.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-127079" rel="nofollow">Anonymous wrote:</a><blockquote>Does anyone (including Ryan and Ashley) know of translation bots for MSN/Live Messenger? :)</blockquote></div> No, unfortunately I don't know of any other translation bots for the other networks. Pieter wrote:
I tried the en2nl bot. Although it’s cool to have a quick translator at your fingertips, it’s not accurate.

It would be cool if Google made it easy for people to suggest better translations for phrases when chatting.

CoryC wrote:
It would be great if you could set Google Talk to automatically translate text from a given contact. Then you could communicate with people that speak a different language without having to go through a separate translation service.

That would be really awesome! I’m sure they’ll have something like that in store, but the translations probably have to get better before they’ll allow that.

Anonymous wrote:
Does anyone (including Ryan and Ashley) know of translation bots for MSN/Live Messenger? :)

No, unfortunately I don’t know of any other translation bots for the other networks.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127079 Anonymous Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:27:09 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/12/19/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127079 Does anyone (including Ryan and Ashley) know of translation bots for MSN/Live Messenger? :) I've added bot@techie.com but that one seems to be offline and MTBot-en_us@hotmail.com but it's a prototype. Does anyone (including Ryan and Ashley) know of translation bots for MSN/Live Messenger? :) I’ve added bot@techie.com but that one seems to be offline and MTBot-en_us@hotmail.com but it’s a prototype.

]]> By: Vincenthttp://cybernetnews.com/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127025 Vincent Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:18:14 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/12/19/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127025 I agree with CoryC. The translator will become better over time. Using Google Talk is a good way for the translator software to 'learn'. Practice makes perfect they say. I agree with CoryC. The translator will become better over time. Using Google Talk is a good way for the translator software to ‘learn’. Practice makes perfect they say.

]]> By: CoryChttp://cybernetnews.com/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127020 CoryC Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:00:03 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/12/19/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127020 The translations will get better over time.It would be great if you could set Google Talk to automatically translate text from a given contact. Then you could communicate with people that speak a different language without having to go through a separate translation service. The translations will get better over time.

It would be great if you could set Google Talk to automatically translate text from a given contact. Then you could communicate with people that speak a different language without having to go through a separate translation service.

]]> By: Pieterhttp://cybernetnews.com/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127018 Pieter Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:39:49 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/12/19/google-talk-can-now-translate/#comment-127018 I tried the en2nl bot. Although it's cool to have a quick translator at your fingertips, it's not accurate.Allow me to demonstrate. Me: "I can speak Dutch." Bot: "Ik kan spreken Nederlands."What the bot said actually means something like "I can speaking Dutch", so I wouldn't trust the chat bot if I were you. But then again, it's just as accurate as any online robot translator out there. :) I tried the en2nl bot. Although it’s cool to have a quick translator at your fingertips, it’s not accurate.

Allow me to demonstrate.
Me: “I can speak Dutch.”
Bot: “Ik kan spreken Nederlands.”

What the bot said actually means something like “I can speaking Dutch”, so I wouldn’t trust the chat bot if I were you. But then again, it’s just as accurate as any online robot translator out there. :)

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