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Language translation service 'to open up the internet'
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11/03/2010
Search engine provider Google has launched a new in-browser translation service for its popular browser, Google Chrome.
The service allows users to instantly translate content from its local language into English and vice versa, using proprietary translation software.
Tim Gibbon, the co-founder and editor of the Social Media Portal, said users are "now able to source an international flavour" and feedback for what is transpiring from bloggers, news outlets and other commentators.
He claimed that the move potentially opens up further areas of the internet to IT professionals, networkers and home users.
Mr Gibbon said the service can help to assuage the communication barriers which exist between the separate languages.
"Translations via a browser can now change this [disparity], and although it may not be perfect, it will be a vast improvement to what is currently available," he added.
English remains the dominant global language, with 478 million net speakers, closely followed by Chinese at 384 million and Spanish with 137 million users.
Posted by John Lynes
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