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Get Auto, Inline Translation Of Uncommon English Words To A Desired Language [Chrome]

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If English is not your native language and you find some foreign language words as you browse the web, or if you’re in the process of learning a new language, then Auto Selective Translator could be a really handy tool for you. This Chrome extension switches uncommon words/phrases from English to a language of your choice, and automatically displays inline translations, letting you quickly learn and understand new words. Translated words appear in tiny boxes over the original ones, allowing you to read with consistency without having to navigate away from the page to look up a word. Moreover, you can choose how much of the page is translated, and the number of translated words can be customized from the extension's settings. Read More

Bing Translator Now Allows Offline Translation Via Text, Speech & Camera [WP7]

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The quality of translation apps in the Window Phone 7 Marketplace is pretty good in general. In addition to a host of third-party apps from the genre, there is one developed by Microsoft itself. We are talking about the Bing Translator app, of course. This Mango app has been around for about as long as WP7 itself, but now Translator just became a whole lot better, to compete with apps like previously reviewed Babylon. Translator now has the ability to work offline for some languages, and lets you provide input in the form of text, through speech or by scanning an image of text using the camera using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Imagine the usefulness of that feature, as now you can take your WP7 along on trips as your personal translator without having to worry about internet connectivity. After the break - an overview of the app's new and old features. Read More

Speak To Hear A Sentence’s Translation With VoiceTranslator [WP7]

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Most of us have used Google Translate at some point in time, or maybe you got the prompt pushed by the search giant automatically when you are on a webpage which is in any foreign language. Similar apps exist for Windows Phone 7 as well, like the recently covered Babylon Translator for Mango phones, but VoiceTranslator is so much more than a mere translation app. To get a word or phrase translated to any language, you just have to speak it to the app, and you will get the desired conversion. Not only that, VoiceTranslator will even speak the translated text out loud for you, so that your pronunciation of the foreign language is correct. To learn more about this awesome app, read on. Read More

Official Babylon Translator App Makes Its Way Into The Android Market

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Computer users have been benefitting from the comprehensive dictionary and translation-based application of Babylon for quite some time now. To help mobile users find translations regarding the selected text bits/terms on the go, the official Babylon Translator app was released for Windows Phone 7 almost a month ago, and now it’s time for Android users to get their hands on this mighty helpful tool. Resembling the looks and, for the most part, the functionality of its WP7 counterpart, the official Babylon Translator client for Android also brings an additional functionality of clipboard monitoring. What this means is that apart from providing you with its multilingual translation services natively, the app keeps helps you instantly find translation of copied/selected texts in your preferred language. Said feature, when coupled with a well-designed interface, makes Babylon Translator a handy tool to have on your Android device, especially if you’re frequently required to work with various global languages. The only caveat to accessing the app’s translation services is that your device must have an internet connection. Read More

Babylon Translator: Translate Text Between Over 75 Languages [WP7]

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If you are a Windows Phone 7 user, then Google Translate might no longer be your only option for converting text from one language to another, because Babylon Translator is here. The app performs translation between more than 75 languages, provides definitions for individual terms in a language of your choice, and sports an additional currency conversion feature. This official Babylon app for Mango phones just might be the most comprehensive translation tool released in the Marketplace yet, and is even better than the Bing translation app in most regards. Read More

Speaklip Is A Clipboard Manager & Text Reader/Translator For Android

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While browsing through the Android Market, you can find numerous clipboard management apps that would help you out with notes management. Similarly, you can find quite a few text reading and translating applications for your device. Speaklip for Android combines both the aforementioned features in a single app so that you do not have to use separate tools to manage said tasks. At present, Speaklip supports just a few languages for translation while the future releases promise multi-lingual support. Read More

Lingoo Lets You Quickly Translate Any Text And Copy It To Clipboard [Mac]

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Lingoo is a small wrapper application for Google online translation services which lets you translate text from one language to another quickly. It provides a novel text translation experience right from your desktop. It is developed as a background application residing in menu bar which can be activated by pressing used-defined hotkeys.  Apart from translation, it quickly makes your translated data available on your clipboard. Read More

Translate IM Chat Conversation To Your Local Language With MeGlobe Translator

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Sometimes we need a translator who can help translate a chat conversation with a foreigner to your local language. If you have some friends who live outside your country in your Instant Messenger contact list, then you must know how hard it is to talk with someone who doesn’t speak your language. MeGlobe is a free service that lets you chat with anyone around the world. It can translate up to 15 languages to your local language. Suppose you want to chat with someone who speaks French, if this person writes a message to you, it will automatically get translated to English or whatever your local language is. In this way you can understand what he/she is saying and reply in your own local language, for the person with whom you are chatting, he/she will receive the message in French. Read More

Change Language In Facebook To English(Pirate) Mode

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Since facebook relies on it’s users for translation, a bunch of Pirate fans have created a language dubbed English(Pirate). It adds an overall fun to the facebook profile by changing the words such as Home to Home Port, Friends to Mates Y'might Know, etc. Below is the screenshot showing the new language in action. Click the image above to enlarge. Read More