Comments on: Google Working on Mobile Babel Fish Universal Translator

By: Now You’re Speaking My Language … Sort Of | SciFi4Me.com

Now You’re Speaking My Language … Sort Of | SciFi4Me.com — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:46:59 +0000

[...] This type of intellectual translation is a bit complicated for a computer to handle. Google is working on translation software in a mobile app, but it’s unknown how well that might turn out. One thing we know computers can handle is [...]

By: Hamza Ahmed

Hamza Ahmed — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:58:12 +0000

Google is great………..!!!!

By: adelawalls

adelawalls — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:35:42 +0000

I disagree with Brian. If you can't translate a language at least decently well, you shouldn't try at all. I mean, I love Google Translate because of the audio pronunciation and live translation, but with only one translator, you never know if the translation is accurate. I can't imagine the possible misunderstandings live over the phone. I mean how many times have my students used a translator and gotten "yo lata" for "I can" instead of "puedo." I think it is better to use the Spanish translation tool from SpanishDict.com if you're going to use one at all. It has three translators (including Google) so that you can compare the translations and find the best option. But of course, this is only a text translator. Cross fingers for voice soon!

By: BlackBerry Cool Roundup for the Week of February 8th | BlackBerry Cool

BlackBerry Cool Roundup for the Week of February 8th | BlackBerry Cool — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:31:09 +0000

[...] 9000 OS 5.0.0.464 From Zain Kuwait Veracode’s TXSBBspy Spyware Proof-of-Concept for BlackBerry Google Working on Mobile Babel Fish Universal Translator BlackBerry OS 5.0.1.205 Caught on Camera BlackBerry Application Suite Leaked for Windows Mobile [...]

By: adelawalls

adelawalls — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:35:42 +0000

By: adelawalls

adelawalls — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:35:00 +0000

By: Brian_Barker

Brian_Barker — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:10:12 +0000

There are 6,800 languages worldwide, not fifty-two !

Moreover, if I met a native in Borneo, and he said to me in Hakka “I've lost my mobile phone” how would I understand him And how many starving Africans can afford a mobile phone !

As English loses its economic power, the answer is not for us to move to Mandarin Chinese, but to Esperanto which puts all speakers on an equal footing.

Have a look at http://www.lernu.net or http://www.esperanto.net

By: Brian_Barker

Brian_Barker — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:10:00 +0000

Google's “Babel Fish” translator will in never solve the language problem. Not only does it discriminate against anyone who cannot afford a mobile phone, but against minority language groups as well.There are 6,800 languages worldwide, not fifty-two !Moreover, if I met a native in Borneo, and he said to me in Hakka “I've lost my mobile phone” how would I understand him And how many starving Africans can afford a mobile phone !As English loses its economic power, the answer is not for us to move to Mandarin Chinese, but to Esperanto which puts all speakers on an equal footing.Have a look at http://www.lernu.net or http://www.esperanto.net