Google Translate

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Google Translate
Screenshot
Google Translate homepage
Type of site
Statistical and neural machine translation
Available in133 languages, see below
OwnerGoogle
URLtranslate.google.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
UsersOver 500 million people daily
LaunchedApril 28, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-04-28) (as statistical machine translation)[1]
November 15, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-11-15) (as neural machine translation)[2]
Current statusActive

Google Translate is a machine translation website from Google that can translate text between different languages. It can translate words, sentences, documents and web pages between any combination of 133 supported languages as of 11th May, 2022.[3] It was launched on April 28, 2006 and has always been free to use.[4]

Google Translate can do more than just show the translation of words. It can also show how to pronounce (say) the word using text-to-speech, and show the definition (meaning) like a dictionary. More recently, it also lets the community make changes or suggestions, for example, if the computer made a wrong translation. This is very much like how one can contribute to websites like Google Maps and Wikipedia.

Supported languages[change | change source]

As of April 2024, the following 133 languages are supported by Google Translate.[5]

  1. Afrikaans
  2. Albanian
  3. Amharic
  4. Arabic
  5. Armenian
  6. Assamese
  7. Aymara
  8. Azerbaijani
  9. Bambara
  10. Basque
  11. Belarusian
  12. Bengali
  13. Bhojpuri
  14. Bosnian
  15. Bulgarian
  16. Burmese
  17. Catalan
  18. Cebuano
  19. Chichewa
  20. Chinese (Simplified)
  21. Chinese (Traditional)
  22. Corsican
  23. Croatian
  24. Czech
  25. Danish
  26. Dhivehi
  27. Dogri
  28. Dutch
  29. English
  30. Esperanto
  31. Estonian
  32. Ewe
  33. Filipino
  34. Finnish
  35. French
  36. Frisian
  37. Galician
  38. Georgian
  39. German
  40. Greek
  41. Guarani
  42. Gujarati
  43. Haitian Creole
  44. Hausa
  45. Hawaiian
  46. Hebrew
  47. Hindi
  48. Hmong
  49. Hungarian
  50. Icelandic
  51. Ilocano
  52. Igbo
  53. Indonesian
  54. Irish
  55. Italian
  56. Japanese
  57. Javanese
  58. Kannada
  59. Kazakh
  60. Khmer
  61. Kinyarwanda
  62. Konkani
  63. Korean
  64. Krio
  65. Kurdish (Kurmanji)
  66. Kurdish (Sorani)
  67. Kyrgyz
  68. Lao
  69. Latin
  70. Latvian
  71. Lingala
  72. Lithuanian
  73. Luganda
  74. Luxembourgish
  75. Macedonian
  76. Maithili
  77. Malagasy
  78. Malay
  79. Malayalam
  80. Maltese
  81. Maori
  82. Marathi
  83. Meiteilon (Manipuri)
  84. Mongolian
  85. Myanmar (Burmese)
  86. Nepali
  87. Norwegian (Bokmål)
  88. Odia
  89. Oromo
  90. Pashto
  91. Persian
  92. Polish
  93. Portuguese
  94. Punjabi
  95. Quechua
  96. Romanian
  97. Russian
  98. Samoan
  99. Sanskrit
  100. Scots Gaelic
  101. Sepedi
  102. Serbian
  103. Shona
  104. Sindhi
  105. Sinhala
  106. Slovak
  107. Slovenian
  108. Somali
  109. Sesotho
  110. Spanish
  111. Sundanese
  112. Swahili
  113. Swedish
  114. Tajik
  115. Tamil
  116. Tatar
  117. Telugu
  118. Thai
  119. Tigrinya
  120. Tsonga
  121. Turkish
  122. Turkmen
  123. Twi
  124. Ukrainian
  125. Urdu
  126. Uyghur
  127. Uzbek
  128. Vietnamese
  129. Welsh
  130. Xhosa
  131. Yiddish
  132. Yoruba
  133. Zulu

Languages in development and beta version[change | change source]

The following languages are not yet supported by Google Translate, but are available in the Translate Community. As of March 2024, there were 102 languages in development and 8 of them are in beta version.[6] In March 28, 2024, Google removed contribute feature.

  1. Acehnese
  2. Adyghe
  3. Afar BETA
  4. Ahirani
  5. Aragonese
  6. Avar
  7. Bagheli
  8. Baluchi
  9. Bangala
  10. Baoulé
  11. Bashkir
  12. Batak Toba
  13. Betawi
  14. Bodo BETA
  15. Breton
  16. Cantonese
  17. Chechen
  18. Cherokee
  19. Chhattisgarhi
  20. Chitonga
  21. Chittagonian
  22. Chuvash
  23. Deccani
  24. Dholuo (Luo)
  25. Dyula
  26. Dzongkha
  27. Edo
  28. Efik
  29. Esan
  30. Fon
  31. Fulani BETA
  32. Gagauz
  33. Garhwali
  34. Haryanvi
  35. Hiligaynon
  36. Inuktitut
  37. Isoko
  38. Kalaallisut
  39. Kamba
  40. Kanuri
  41. Kara-Kalpak
  42. Karachay-Balkar
  43. Kashmiri
  44. Kedah Malay (Malay (Kedah))
  45. Khakas
  46. Khorasani Turkic
  47. Kikuyu
  48. Kokborok
  49. Kumyk
  50. Kʼicheʼ
  51. Lakota
  52. Luba-Katanga (Luba)
  53. Madurese
  54. Magahi
  55. Marwari
  56. Mazanderani
  57. Minangkabau (Minang)
  58. Montenegrin
  59. Mossi (Mooré)
  60. Navajo
  61. Nepalbhasa BETA
  62. Nigerian Pidgin
  63. Northern Sami (Sami (North))
  64. Occitan
  65. Pampanga (Kapampangan)
  66. Pattani Malay
  67. Portuguese (Portugal)
  68. Qashqai
  69. Rajasthani
  70. Rangpuri
  71. Romansh
  72. Sadri
  73. Salar
  74. Samogitian
  75. Sango
  76. Saraiki BETA
  77. Serrano
  78. Setswana (Tswana)
  79. Shor
  80. Siberian Tatar
  81. Sicilian
  82. Southern Altai
  83. Southern Ndebele (Ndebele (South))
  84. Surjapuri
  85. Swahili Congo
  86. Sylheti
  87. Tamazight (Tamazight (Tifinagh)) BETA
  88. Tibetan BETA
  89. Tiv
  90. Tok Pisin
  91. Tshiluba
  92. Tshivenda (Venda)
  93. Tswa
  94. Tswana
  95. Tuvinian
  96. Urhobo
  97. Urum
  98. Varhadi-Nagpuri
  99. Wolof
  100. Yakut
  101. Yucatec Maya BETA
  102. Zaza
  103. Zhuang

History of development[change | change source]

On 11th of May, 2022, Google Translate adds 24 new languages from around the world. Out of the 24 languages, 8 are from India. The newly supported languages are: Assamese, Aymara, Bambara, Bhojpuri, Dhivehi, Dogri, Ewe, Guarani, Ilocano, Konkani, Krio, Kurdish (Sorani), Lingala, Luganda, Maithili, Meiteilon (Manipuri), Mizo, Oromo, Quechua, Sanskrit, Sepedi, Tigrinya, Tsonga, and Twi.[7][8]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Orch, Franz (April 28, 2006). "Statistical machine translation live". Google Research Blog. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Turovsky, Barak (November 15, 2016). "Found in translation: More accurate, fluent sentences in Google Translate". The Keyword Google Blog. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ About Google Translate Google
  4. ↑ Franz Josef Och (2006-04-28). "Statistical machine translation live". Google Research Blog.
  5. ↑ "See which features work with each language". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sign in - Google Accounts". accounts.google.com.
  7. ↑ "Google Translate gets support for 24 additional languages". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Google I/O 2022: Google Translate adds support for 24 new languages including 8 Indian languages". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2022-05-12.

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