Google continues to add to its line-up of helpful software tools for everyday use with Dictionary and Translated Search this week. These two new offerings from Google while not anything new breakthrough wise, will help keep web traffic on their site and help farther their “one-stop” resource for all things on the web.
Google Dictionary is a feature rich dictionary that can be accessed through Google’s search page or directly here. Dictionary is not just for those of us using the English language, but offers it in 27 languages including most western European, Chinese, Arabic and Korean. You can also translate individual words from one language to another. Links to other dictionaries such as Wikipedia, Princeton University and others are included so the user can cross-reference the definition with other sources. “Google's word definitions page is full of useful information including an International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) pronunciation guide, synonyms, standard definitions, and usage examples.”
Translated search is a new feature that allows the user to search foreign language websites using the English language. They had a similar option before that would convert a foreign sites webpage into English, but this new option purposely searches only foreign sites bases on a search declared in English. This new feature has been added to the search options panel found on their search page. “Once you've got your translated search, a box at the top of the results page tells you what language the results are being translated into and what language the results are being translated from. You have the option to add other languages to expand your search; Google supports 42 choices.”
Google Dictionary is a feature rich dictionary that can be accessed through Google’s search page or directly here. Dictionary is not just for those of us using the English language, but offers it in 27 languages including most western European, Chinese, Arabic and Korean. You can also translate individual words from one language to another. Links to other dictionaries such as Wikipedia, Princeton University and others are included so the user can cross-reference the definition with other sources. “Google's word definitions page is full of useful information including an International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) pronunciation guide, synonyms, standard definitions, and usage examples.”
Translated search is a new feature that allows the user to search foreign language websites using the English language. They had a similar option before that would convert a foreign sites webpage into English, but this new option purposely searches only foreign sites bases on a search declared in English. This new feature has been added to the search options panel found on their search page. “Once you've got your translated search, a box at the top of the results page tells you what language the results are being translated into and what language the results are being translated from. You have the option to add other languages to expand your search; Google supports 42 choices.”
Nice find James, Google is really putting out some great API's to help them dominate the web. I see no end in site for this domination and look forward to bigger and better apps in the future.
ReplyDeleteThis feature really helps someone like me that studies international business. I am taking a course on doing business in Korea this semester and finding good data for my project in english was really hard. Google Translate really made my life a lot easier. Thanks for posting this James!
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