Google Talk Releases Translator Bots
Google has added translator bots to its instant messaging service. As Jonas Lindberg mentioned on the Google Talkabout blog, you can use the bots as interpreters for your chat sessions or as pocket translators for the GTalk client for Blackberry.
To use a translator, just choose from any of the 29 available bots and add it to your friends in Google Talk. So if you wanted to use the English to German translator bot, you need to add en2de@bot.talk.google.com as a friend.
The complete list of translators are: ar2en, bg2en, de2en, de2fr, el2en, en2ar, en2de, en2el, en2es, en2fr, en2it, en2ja, en2ko, en2nl, en2ru, en2zh, es2en, fi2en, fr2de, fr2en, hi2en, hr2en, it2en, ja2en, ko2en, nl2en, ru2en, uk2en, ur2en, zh2en. Don’t forget to add “@bot.talk.google.com” to your bot of choice when adding it to your friends list.
Pretty good feature. Here’s what it looks like.
![[Google Talk Translator Bot Screen Shot]](http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/gtalk_bot.png)
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December 20th, 2007 14:38
Man this is pretty damn impressive…I think being able to talk with people and not worry about a language barrier is awesome..but what happens if you meet irl? *awkward* haha
December 20th, 2007 15:02
An useful one. Will it translate our slang?
December 20th, 2007 15:55
well…idk about this. It’s sounds confusing to look at..but I definitely think this is helpful.
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December 20th, 2007 22:16
I am sure they’ll add more languages soon! Very impressive.. Gotta go write about it!
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December 21st, 2007 11:05
That is amazing. I wish I had some friends who don’t speak english so I could use it!
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December 21st, 2007 16:39
@Matt:
haha you got a point there
@David:
That should be a priority for the bots, it would be great if they did
@webster12:
I think the bots are a good idea … now they need bots to translate l337 speak for those unfamiliar with it hehe.
@K:
I agree, they need more languages. Maybe I can finally learn a new language haha
@Forest:
LOL
February 19th, 2008 09:29
Yeah, David makes a good point about the Slang - that’s what will really determine how well it translates. I have constant issues with Babelfish, even if it’s not slang. Great idea though on Google’s part, this is probably a great tool for some international businesses.