Instant translation

Mar

2008

Instant translation

Google announced their new AJAX Language API today. I thought a translator that worked as you type would be cool and I was able to put one together in just a few minutes:

Instant translation

Now I wonder how hard it would be to make an iPhone optimized version . . .

Posted by dan in computer/tech . It contains 49 words and has been viewed 1798 times. 5 comments »

5 comments

That's cool. It translated my simple English into pretty decent Spanish.

Kyle [Visitor] • http://www.brendoman.com/kyle• 03/21/08 @ 06:03

It's also neat to see how the program begins attempting to translate word-for-word as I begin typing a phrase, but after I finish it goes back and modifies the translation to a more appropriate one.

Kyle [Visitor] • http://www.brendoman.com/kyle• 03/21/08 @ 06:06

Got Holz für Schafe?

Matt [Visitor]• 03/22/08 @ 10:36

Thanks for this nice tool.

Can I have the code?

Mohamed [Visitor]

• http://alnokta.arablug.org• 03/30/08 @ 10:14

...Anyways on that subject, this might be interesting for a topic...You guys should check this out, Second Voice is a service that offers you to have 2 cell phone numbers and 2 voice mails in one phone. Take a look, thought it might be interesting with all this Iphone talk...

http://www.secondvoice.com

Jean [Visitor] • http://www.atomicstudios.com• 06/12/09 @ 00:37

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