»Google’s Knowledge Graph generates additional information about keywords from a search on Google, and the feature has recently begun to offer simple foreign-language translations right at the top of the page.
For instance, when you type something like “translate tractor into Dutch” into the Google search box, the first item at the top of the results page is a response from Google Translate, with the translated word in large type and the option to hear it pronounced aloud.
You do not have to leave your search results page to get the Google Translate answer and can move on to browse dictionary links and other results.
The software can handle words and simple phrases in several languages and can even auto-detect many words of unknown origin - try entering “translate” followed by a word in a language you are unsure of (as in “translate nacht”) to get a result back from a language that Google recognizes.
Google is not the only search engine working to make simple translations quick and easy. Similar queries to Microsoft’s Bing search engine will sometimes bring back a result from the company’s Bing Translator, but not yet as reliably - or audibly.
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