Google Translate

Google Translate

Screenshot Google Translate homepage
Type of site	Statistical and neural machine translation
Available in	243 languages, see below
Owner	Google
URL	translate.google.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Users	Over 500 million people daily
Launched	April 28, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-04-28) (as statistical machine translation)[1] November 15, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-11-15) (as neural machine translation)[2]
Current status	Active

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 243 supported languages as of October 8, 2024.^[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.

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.