Google announced the addition of translation bots to their Google Talk client, meaning users can now IM in 30 different languages and have it translated (instantly, within chat) to their native language. The system is simple: users add the specific bot they need to their list of contacts in the format of [original_language]2[destination_language]@bot. talk.google.com. So for example, if you wanted to translate what you’re saying from English to Simplified Chinese, you’d add en2zh@bot. talk.google.com as a friend and send it whatever texts you needed as an IM message. You can also add the bot to your group chat to serve as a translator.
Other abbreviations:
ar2en, en2ar (Arabic<->English)
bg2en (Bulgarian->English)
de2en, en2de (German<->English)
de2fr, fr2de (German<->French)
el2en, en2el (Greek<->English)
es2en, en2es (Spanish<->English)
fi2en (Finnish->English)
fr2en, en2fr (French<->English)
hi2en (Hindi->English)
hr2en (Croatian->English)
it2en, en2it (Italian<->English)
ja2en, en2ja (Japanese<->English)
ko2en, en2ko (Korean<->English)
nl2en, en2nl (Dutch<->English)
ru2en, en2ru (Russian<->English)
uk2en (Ukrainian->English)
ur2en (Urdu->English)
zh2en, en2zh (Chinese<->English)
For more, check this list.
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great post.
December 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pm
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December 22nd, 2007 at 6:29 am
This is cool, but it might get you into trouble. Check this out… http://www.blahblahfish.com :)
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Missed this one first time round, but now that I’ve spotted it that English to Chinese is going to get some action. Thanks
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:13 am