Google has always released services that are useful to better understand major events: new imagery that shows the impact of Hurricane Katrina, special search engines for last year's earthquake in China, search trends for 9/11.
Google Translate included an early version of a translation system for Persian, in response to the recent events from Iran. "We feel that launching Persian is particularly important now, given ongoing events in Iran. Like YouTube and other services, Google Translate is one more tool that Persian speakers can use to communicate directly to the world, and vice versa — increasing everyone's access to information," says Franz Och, from Google.
The translation tool can also be used to read articles from Iranian sites, but the quality is less than adequate. For example, here's the translation of the latest 50 Twitter messages tagged #Iran and written in Persian (Farsi).
June 18, 2009
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That's amazing! I copy pasted Persian text from twitter to Google translate last night, and it wasn't yet supported!
ReplyDeleteTimely, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for supporting Persian, it has many problem but for alpha version is good, and specially at this time the majority of people need it.
ReplyDeleteperfect. thank you
ReplyDeleteThank you very much to be successful and win
ReplyDeleteمتشکرم خیلی زیاد موفق و پیروز باشید
thanks it was in the right time
ReplyDeletehowever it is late comparing with other languages but REALLY thanks. now im wainting for google news for IRAN
ReplyDeleteThanks
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thank you Google!
ReplyDeleteThank you my dear Google!
ReplyDeleteI thought Google forget us, but now I just say thanks Google.
ReplyDeleteمتشکرم
Google's translations are very incorrect - O.K. for tourist but not for really understanding Farsi language - be very careful with that. - Blessings - Rene
ReplyDeleteRene-Google is doing the very best they can
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Thanks Google!
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امیدوارم به دلایل سیاسی این کارو نکرده باشه .
ولی ما که چندتا مقاله هم جلو افتادیم
It is freeDom!!!
very Thanks
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ReplyDeleteامیدوارم که ما ایرانیها بتوانیم از این فرصت به روش درست استفاده کنیم. از مدیران گوگل متشکرم
ReplyDeleteتشکر از گوگل به خاطر خدمات عالی شان.
ReplyDeleteI love Google,life without google is so hard for me , thank you, thank you ,thank you .
ReplyDeleteWhat is the error when the animation producer of Naruto, "Naoji Hohnokidani" became translated to "No sealing east"?
ReplyDeleteIn other languages e.g. Russian, it translates such names 岸本征史 (Masashi Kishimoto) translated to Масаси Кисимото, 西尾哲也 (Tetsuya Nishio) as Нисио Тэцуя etc.
The biggest problem I have with Google is that when I save an email to read later I am unable to open it.
ReplyDeleteIt is all scrambled or NA, or has been deleted by Google?