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Introducing Lower Sorbian
Microsoft Translator now supports 129 languages Today, we are introducing a new language to the ever-growing list of Translator languages – welcome Lower Sorbian! Adding Lower Sorbian to Translator was made possible by the Sorbian language community, in particular the Foundation for the Sorbian People, the Sorbian Institute and the Witaj Language Centre which donated data to create the new language system, following up….
Announcing four new languages: Konkani, Maithili, Sindhi and Sinhala
Microsoft Translator now supports a total of 16 Indian languages Today, we are delighted to announce that we have added three new Indian languages to Microsoft Translator – Konkani, Maithili, and Sindhi. Along with this, we are also adding support for Sinhala, the official language of Sri Lanka. With this latest release, Microsoft is further democratizing access to information in….
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Introducing 13 New African Languages
Microsoft Translator increases number of supported languages to 124! Today, we are excited to announce that we have added 13 new African languages to Microsoft Translator! Following last year’s release of Somali and Zulu, this release highlights our continued efforts of empowering African language communities to achieve more. Microsoft Translator now supports: chiShona (7 million speakers) Hausa (72 million speakers)….
Bing’s gendered translations tackle bias in translation
We’re excited to announce that, as of today, masculine and feminine alternative translations are available for when translating from English to Spanish, French, or Italian. You can try out this new feature in both Bing Search and Bing Translator verticals. Over the last few years, the field of Machine Translation (MT) has been revolutionized by the advent of transformer models,….
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Introducing the redesigned Microsoft Translator app for iOS
We are excited to announce the redesign of the Microsoft Translator app for iOS devices. Microsoft Translator is here to help you and connect with people from around the globe – whether you are travelling and or navigating unfamiliar streets. We have worked hard to design a user-friendly, accessible and intuitive interface and upgraded it with advanced AI technologies. Discover….
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Announcing intelligent message translation in Microsoft Teams for mobile devices
Making Teams for iOS & Android mobile devices the best tool for multi-lingual collaboration with intelligent chat message translation. Effective collaboration and communication in a chat requires tools and features that understand who you are, where and how you like to communicate. Microsoft Teams on mobile devices can understand customers’ preferred languages and how customers like to interact with their….
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Announcing live translation for captions in Microsoft Teams
We’re excited to announce the availability of live translation for captions. With this new feature, users can fully participate in meetings where the spoken language(s) may not be familiar or their most comfortable language to understand. Now meeting participants can read the live captions translated to their language of preference. Using Microsoft Speech Translation technology powered by Azure Cognitive Services,….
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Transitioning the Microsoft Translator web app to a simplified experience
The Microsoft Translator web app, which offers translated multi-device conversation sessions will be transitioning to a simplified experience towards the end of 2022. In keeping with our goal to provide users with the best translation experience possible and maintaining consistency with our Translator mobile apps, the upcoming web app will no longer require a login account. This means that the….
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Introducing Faroese translation for Faroese Flag Day!
Today, we’re introducing Faroese text and document translation to Microsoft Translator! This announcement comes as the Faroe Islands celebrate Flag Day—an annual holiday to commemorate the international recognition of the Faroese flag during World War II. Faroese text translation is available now in the Microsoft Translator apps, Translator for Bing, and Office. Using Translator, a Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service you….
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Break the language barrier with Translator — now with two new languages!
Today we’re adding two new languages, Basque and Galician, to the list of languages supported by Translator, a Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service. Basque and Galician are both Western European languages spoken by 750,000 and 2.4 million people respectively. Basque is a language isolate, meaning it is not related to any other modern language. Basque is spoken in northern Spain and….
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