{"id":9120,"date":"2020-12-16T11:24:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/?p=9120"},"modified":"2020-12-16T11:24:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:24:20","slug":"microsoft-translators-highlights-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/2020\/12\/16\/microsoft-translators-highlights-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Translator\u2019s highlights of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2020 has been a difficult year around the world, but there has been an occasional bright spot. Here are some of the highlights we saw over the last year.<\/p>\n

New languages and dialects<\/h2>\n

In 2020, we added support for 12 new languages, including seven languages from the Indian subcontinent \u2013 Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, and Punjabi; three languages from Central Asia \u2013 Dari, Kazakh, Pashto; one from Southwest Asia \u2013 Kurdish (including two dialects: Central and Northern Kurdish); and one from Europe \u2013 Irish Gaelic. There are now 74 languages<\/a> available in Microsoft Translator for text translation.<\/p>\n

This year we also added new dialects for existing translation languages: European Portuguese and Canadian French. Previously, Portuguese and French were offered as single language options. Now, you can specifically select either Brazilian or European Portuguese and either French or Canadian French for better translations to your intended dialect.<\/p>\n

The details:<\/p>\n