Google today introduced a number of new features for the Google Translate app, including more accurate translations, significant improvements to text-to-image translation, and an improved appearance of the app to make it easier to use.
Context translation
Contextual translation is the most important feature of this update because it shows the different meanings that a single word can mean when translating sentences containing words with multiple meanings. Users can select the appropriate word based on the context to get the most accurate translation of the sentence.
During the meeting, Google showed an example of translating a word Roman from English into French, as the word has many different meanings in the English language, as it could be a noun meaning “Roman” or an adjective meaning “new,” “creative” or “new.” The original.” In this case, Google Translate provides a series of sentences with all possible meanings of the word as examples to use, and the user can then choose the meaning closest to them to convey to serve context by meaning.
This feature will soon be available in 5 languages: English, Spanish, French, Japanese, and German.
New design and language
The Google Translate app also received a new design for iOS, similar to Android phones from a while ago. It offers a wider typing space, easier voice input, translation and other translation methods (Google Lens) Swipe down for quick access to the history of previous translations.
Other design improvements include switching between languages more easily with fewer clicks, making fonts easier to read, and showing translations of individual words in the dictionary to make it easier to explore different meanings. In addition, 33 new languages are supported and you can work directly on your device without an internet connection.
Image translation
The update includes significant improvements to the image-to-text translation service, as Google uses artificial intelligence technology to display the translated text as if it were the original part of the image, unlike previous features where the translated text is displayed on top of the original. Google says the feature will be available to users of Android phones with 6GB or more of RAM.
It is worth noting that Google's announcement was part of a special conference in Paris today to discuss new features powered by artificial intelligence in many of its applications, where Google announced a new update to its Maps application and a set of new features using the Lens search application.