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Aug 12, 2012

Google Translate For Android phones and Tablets Translate Text From Photos, Instant Translation As You Type [updated]

Translation apps are very popular among travelers because of, their ability to translate foreign languages into their own language of choice with a good amount of accuracy. Apps available on smartphones and tablets reflect this, with them being among the top apps under Lifestyle / Utilities.Google Translate is, arguably, the most well known translation service in the world. They have desktop web apps and native mobile apps for iPhone and Android. Now, Google has released a major update to Translate for Android that includes a handful of amazing new features. Check them out after the jump.

Translate text between more than 64 languages.Translate words and phrases between more than 64 languages using Google Translate for Android. For most languages, you can speak your phrases and hear the corresponding translations.

With Google Translate you can:
  • Translate text between 64 languages
  • Translate by speaking the text instead of typing it (17 languages)
  • Use camera to take a picture and brush text to translate (available on Android 2.3 and above).
  • Listen to your translations spoken aloud (40 languages)
  • Communicate with another person using speech-to-speech translation in Conversation Mode (ALPHA, 14 languages)
  • Display translations in full screen mode to make it easier for others nearby to read
  • Star your favorite translations for quick access even when you’re offline
  • Access your translation history even when you’re offline
  • Spell out the translation of non-Latin script languages (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, etc..) in Latin characters to read it phonetically (e.g. Pinyin, Romaji)
  • View additional dictionary results for single words or short phrases
  • Push the handwriting button and simply write what you want to translate
Translations between the following languages are supported:

Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish

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