In January, Google integrated the “Word Lens” feature into the Google Translate mobile app with support for 7 languages. “Word Lens” translates large printed text when you place the camera in front of ...

When Google acquired Word Lens in May 2014, it was clear that it was only a matter of time until the startup’s impressive visual translation technology would be folded into Translate. That moment is ...

I’ve had to do a few foreign language interviews in my time as a journalist, in which I’ve sent off questions via email in English and received answers back in a language that I don’t speak. There are ...

As promised earlier in the week, Google announced a major update to Google Translate for Android and iOS on Wednesday. The new features include Word Lens integration for automatic translation of ...

The How-To Geek weblog highlights a translation feature new to Microsoft Word 2007 that—obviously enough—translates highlighted text directly in Word. To use it, highlight your to-be-translated text, ...

With recent leaps in technology lowering previous barriers to global communication and commerce, more and more small businesses are finding themselves operating on a worldwide scale. While this can ...

The word translating platform of Google has been widely used by smartphone users due to its expansive features and wide languages to choose from. Not to mention that it is also easy to use, to begin ...

The team behind the Google Translate app have successfully created a tool that I can take to Spain to figure out where to find pizza without menu photos of said pizza. Thank you, Google Translate team ...

The tech titan buys Quest Visual, which makes the Word Lens written-word translation app for Android, iOS, and Google Glass. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News, ...

The Look Up feature in iOS, which lets you tap on a word and look it up in the dictionary, the web, Wikipedia, and more, is one of the most useful things about reading on an iPhone or iPad. But did ...

Here’s a fun language web toy to while away your afternoon. Type in an English word, and you’ll see a map of how that word translates in different parts of Europe. James Trimble created the European ...