Google Translate to Now Work in an Offline Mode
Most of us use Google Translate when we travel abroad or to a place where we are not familiar with the language. But though the app is used most primarily for that, when we go abroad we lose a connection to data and thus we are unable to use the application. Well, that is all going to change very soon.
Through a blog post, Google just announced the next new thing about its translation app. Announcing the availability of the NMT mode, now the app can function even without the need of an internet connection. This new feature makes sure that you can use the application without the fear of losing an internet connection.
Thus, when having a chance to connect to the internet, users can now download the module of the desired language that is between 35 and 45 MB, and thus can have a downloaded offline pack in your phone.
Now though this feature was already available in the Google Translate app, the features and services were pretty limited. One could not use Voice or Photo translation, and the regular use of the translation was also very limited. Also, this service was available only for a handful of languages. The app had a tendency to make literal translations, and the grammar used was absurd.
Google hopes that this new feature will set things right. Though the app is used best when connected to a good internet connection, that is not something that is always possible. But, how will this app analyze sentences and grammar in an offline mode?
Offline Mode
But now Google’s neural system translates entire sentences at once. The app now uses a broader context to help determine the most relevant translation, and then the app rearranges the words to look like a real person speaking with the right grammar.
This feature is already being rolled out to users worldwide, and so you can check if you have this feature by heading to the Google Translate app and by downloading the 59 languages for which this feature has been deployed.
This new feature is seen as a copy of the offline mode that Microsoft brought to the Microsoft Translator application last April. But that is far from it. Now Google is using far intelligent calculations and internet tools to get this work done, and even for a handful of languages.
The Microsoft Translator application supports only a dozen languages, and the intelligence is also pretty simple. With this app, it is expected that the app would be used more, especially in locations where there is very little or no internet connection.
