Translation

Work

Use Wikipedia For More Accurate Word Translations

2:30AM January 6, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Tools like Google Translate don’t always offer perfect translations, often because there’s no context. When you want a more accurate translation, use Wikipedia instead. More »


Communicate

Facebook Now Translates Posts And Comments

3:00AM October 8, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Facebook has quietly launched a new feature that lets you translate posts and comments on Facebook pages with the click of a button. More »


Communicate

Vocre Turns Your iPhone Into A Near-Instant Speech Translator

5:30AM September 15, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Vocre is a pretty incredible new app for your iPhone that lets you speak in one language and hear what you said translated into another. It’s like a having a babel fish in your phone. More »


Travel

Break Down The Language Barrier Using A Mobile Phone

11:30PM July 20, 2011 | Alan Henry

When travelling abroad there’s no excuse for not learning some of the basic phrases in the language native to your destination, but if you’re not conversational or fluent, it shouldn’t be a barrier to seeing the places you’ve always wanted to visit. With a smartphone and a few apps, getting by in a foreign country can be a little easier. More »


Work

SelectionSK Adds Search And Translations To Highlighted Text In Firefox

10:30PM July 15, 2011 | Alan Henry

Firefox: SelectionSK is a Firefox extension that offers language translations, highlighting and multi-engine search to highlighted text on any page. Simply highlight the text you want to search for and select the engine you want to use, make it stand out, copy it in plain text, or email the text to a friend. More »


Work

Translate Twitter Tweets Effortlessly Does What Its Name Implies

6:30AM June 29, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Translate Twitter Tweets (or TTT as we’re going to call it) serves a simple purpose: translating your tweets into pretty much any language you want with practically no effort on your part. All you need to add is a hashtag. More »


Travel

Kindlefish Brings Google Translation To The Kindle

1:00AM March 28, 2011 | Melanie Pinola

The Kindle, a beloved companion for global travelers, seems ideal for language translation. Unfortunately, Google Translate, with its 50+ language translation powers, doesn’t work on the Kindle. Enter the Kindlefish web app, which turns the Kindle into a near-universal language translater. More »


Communicate

Map Your Voice Helps You Learn Any Accent In The World

7:00AM February 19, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Map Your Voice is a neat project that helps you learn any accent by clicking a point on a map and listening to how a person from that area speaks a pre-specified piece of text. More »


Work

Google Translate Brings Speak-To-Translate To iPhone

7:05AM February 9, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

iOS: The iPhone has had a mobile-formatted Google Translate webapp for a while, but as of today they have a new native app with even more features, including speak-to-translate, offline storage, and the ability to hear your translations pronounced out loud. More »


Uncategorized

Word Lens Translates Any Text Your Camera Can See On The Fly

6:00AM December 18, 2010 | Adam Dachis

iOS: Word Lens is an app for your iPhone or iPod touch that translates any Spanish or English text your camera can see. And it does it on the fly. And it’s amazing. More »