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January 31, 2009

7 New Languages in Google Translate

Expect 7 new languages in Google Translate soon: Albanian (9-13 million speakers*), Estonian (1.1 million speakers), Galician (3-4 million speakers), Hungarian (15 million speakers), Maltese (around 400,000 speakers), Thai (60-65 million speakers) and Turkish (63 million speakers). Many of the comments from a previous post requested Turkish, so Google listened to the feedback.


Another change is that the English dictionary has been improved significantly and it includes synonyms, antonyms, pronunciations, detailed definitions and examples from Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.


Update (a day later): As previously announced, the new languages have been added to Google Translate.


* Source: Wikipedia.
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68 comments:

  1. DaddyJanuary 31, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    Great! Hungarian at long last!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    I agree, the Hungarian was a long-standing debt.

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  3. Harry TuskerJanuary 31, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    Finally hungarian! Great!

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    yeahhhh they made it!!!!!
    Finally Turkish was added by Google.
    i really wonder if it works well due to very complicated structure of turkish, and i guess it wont be a nice translation.
    Because present translation softwares for TR really suck!

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  5. UnknownJanuary 31, 2009 at 12:37 PM

    i wished they would have autodetect as default and not spanish. and chrome needs the google toolbar features soon. i miss the mousehover translations alot

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 1:19 PM

    the same for Hungarian - it was easy to include germanic and slavic and neolatin languages, but Hungarian is so different and so complicated that I can not really believe it will create quality translations

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 2:34 PM

    I love you Google! Greets from Turkey. Hehe

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    i think that if tayyip erdogan didnt shout at peres, google wouldnt do anythink like adding turkish language. because bildircinhurmalargotumutirmalar can never be translated that of course because am is are.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    on the other hand ipimlekuşağımsikimledaşağım also never been translated

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    Turkish is harder than other languages to translate it. But Google has a office in Turkey, so they can help. I wanted to see Turkish in languages list before now.

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  11. tdgunesJanuary 31, 2009 at 3:41 PM

    Is there a Turkish to English or English to Turkish translation? Because it is hard to make translation to Turkish to English. Do they mean all?

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    Thank you so much for Turkish.
    We love you Google!

    Greets from Turkey

    We also want speel check at Chrome for Turkish...

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 5:22 PM

    Türkçe'yi Süleyman'ın gözü yimedi ellaam... :P

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    Google
    I LOVE YOU

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  15. Recep Hilmi TUFAN | rehitu.comJanuary 31, 2009 at 11:05 PM

    I love u Google :) 10x 4 adding Turkish...

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  16. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 12:00 AM

    Köszönjük neked Google.

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  17. István PócsFebruary 1, 2009 at 12:30 AM

    Many, many, many thanks to google... Ezer köszönet!!! Ez már nagyon kellett!

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  18. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:26 AM

    bu site yarrak kelimesini icerdigi icin engellenmistir.

    BU SİTEYE ERİŞİM ENGELLENMİŞTİR.
    BU SİTEYE ERİŞİM ENGELLENMİŞTİR
    BU SİTEYE ERİŞİM ENGELLENMİŞTİR
    BU SİTEYE ERİŞİM ENGELLENMİŞTİR
    BU SİTEYE ERİŞİM ENGELLENMİŞTİR.

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  19. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:28 AM

    yarra yering

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  20. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:46 AM

    google you are grreat... at the end Turkish is in google-translate... From now on, you will get many many more ticks from Turkey ... Turks love you ;)

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 2:06 AM

    Thank you for adding Turkish and the other languages. In a global world, no languages should be ignored. And it is already great you can mention you followed these comments and got a feedback for Turkish on the main post above.

    Regards.

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  22. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 2:12 AM

    Thank you supporting for Turkish (:

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  23. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 2:14 AM

    eyvallah yarram

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  24. MaFiAMaXFebruary 1, 2009 at 2:25 AM

    Hi,
    Thanks for your hard working. I know it's really complex to translate Turkish to English. There are some problems especially on turned sentences down. I try to suggest better translation using "suggest a better translation link".

    Note: Some comments have swearwords. I don't know whether these comments were written by Turkish users or not. Please delete these embarrassing comments, i apologise for these issue as a Turkish guy.

    Here's the comments' permalinks:

    http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-languages-in-google-translate.html#c3296656606223854760
    http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-languages-in-google-translate.html#c7784886988346347432
    http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-languages-in-google-translate.html#c4897341917900526181
    http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-languages-in-google-translate.html#c7474819325106530445

    Best regards.

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  25. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 2:38 AM

    bozuk olm bu

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  26. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 3:01 AM

    With this oppurtunity, Turkish people will every sitesi spam. Google made wrong.

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  27. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 3:01 AM

    this site may harm your computer

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  28. insaneFebruary 1, 2009 at 3:13 AM

    At last, Turkish!

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  29. VoLKaNaTFebruary 1, 2009 at 3:23 AM

    yeaaah at last turkish!! we always support you google..

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  30. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 4:04 AM

    google virüs yapsa indiririm.

    ben teşekkür etmek google.

    malatyadaki halamlara sevgiler.

    çikın transleyt.

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  31. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 4:40 AM

    Google, senin için türkçeye çeviriyor diyorlar, doğru mu?

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  32. Hakkı CeylanFebruary 1, 2009 at 5:44 AM

    Teşekkürler Google.

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  33. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 5:59 AM

    Thank you Google, my dear. Although all the Turkish to x language translations I've ever encountered sucks big time, I'm kinda hopefull Google may have the means to pull it off.

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  34. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 6:57 AM

    Thank you for new languages..

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  35. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 6:58 AM

    Macedonian ?

    There are around 3-4 million people speaking Macedonian language.

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  36. ErdalFebruary 1, 2009 at 7:27 AM

    Eyvallah Google ;)

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  37. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    Hm.. i think that this is a great idea and that it's a brilliant thing .. but still i'd appreacciate it if there is Macedonian language in the list ...
    Greets,
    IB

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  38. Daniel SmilkovFebruary 1, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    What about Macedonian? :(

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  39. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    Do you have any plans for adding the Macedonian language soon?

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  40. BAFebruary 1, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    I woild like MACEDONIAN language to be added to the list. I hope it is not too much to ask. I don't think it's a hard thing to be done for a giant like Google ..., or is it?!
    Thank you!
    BA

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  41. UnknownFebruary 1, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    Please don`t leave Macedonian out!
    Me and my friends use Google Translate so often that it has become a part of our every day life, but I can`t say that we can avoid the gap that there`s not Macedonian in the list...

    Thank you Google team :-)

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  42. Spasenka RistovaFebruary 1, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    I think Macedonian language is great idea :)
    Why not?

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  43. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    Thak you Google for Turkish translation. It's very nice but it has so many mistake. I hope it will be OK.
    Thank you again...

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  44. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 11:06 AM

    I would be very very very happy to see Macedonian language in the list. Please add it.

    Thank you Google team :)

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  45. Blaze of GloryFebruary 1, 2009 at 11:15 AM

    I also want Macedonian language in google translate. Im sure lots of Macedonian programmers and linguists will be willing to help.

    Cheers, Blaze

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  46. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    Ej, don`t forget Macedonian!!!It`s wonderful language :)

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  47. Alex ChituFebruary 1, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    To send your feedback for Google Translate, use this page. You can help Google by sending parallel text in your language and English.

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  48. UnknownFebruary 1, 2009 at 12:27 PM

    Please add Macedonian language !!!

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  49. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    Why isn't there Macedonian language?? I would like to see it on Google translate, it will be very useful. We use this very often, and I don't think it's a big deal to add Macedonian language.
    Thank you, Google Team.
    Best wishes from MACEDONIA!

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  50. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:15 PM

    I would be very joyful if I see translation service in Macedonian language .. must say that it would be helpful for me, too .. so, thanks in advance

    Dragan

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  51. UnknownFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:18 PM

    Great news!
    Could you please add Macedonian too! :)

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  52. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    Thnaks for Estonian language :)

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  53. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:55 PM

    Guys, We need Macedonian translation

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  54. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 1:26 AM

    We want Macedoooooooooonian on Goooooooooogle!
    Natalija

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  55. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 1:31 AM

    Please,add Macedonian language!

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  56. FatihHayriFebruary 2, 2009 at 2:03 AM

    Süper bir haber

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  57. wolkancaFebruary 2, 2009 at 2:18 AM

    buna çok sevindik, süper oldu :)

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  58. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 2:33 AM

    There is still no spell checking in GMail for the turkish language ... :-(((

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  59. chombeFebruary 2, 2009 at 2:53 AM

    Adding Macedonian to the language list, will be great thing ;)
    TIA

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  60. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 2:56 AM

    It was realy hard job. Because, Turkish is not a simple language. It is very complex for translating. But Google to get ahead this.

    Thanks to all of Google engineers.

    Compliments,
    Hakan

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  61. UnknownFebruary 2, 2009 at 3:20 AM

    thanks for adding Turkish to google translate! yeahhh!

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  62. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 3:38 AM

    Where is Macedonian language?
    There are about 2 million people in Macedonia,and 1 million in other countries that are speaking Macedonian,that is about 3 million people,and you have translated a languages with a less people who spoke their language

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  63. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 3:57 AM

    Sobib :)

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  64. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 4:12 AM

    Where is Valencian language?

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  65. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 4:31 AM

    I frequently use google tools, and they are just great. But I need support for my language - Macedonian language.
    Thanks in advance
    Niksa

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  66. UnknownFebruary 2, 2009 at 4:33 AM

    Armenian language has about 6 million speakers, you should consider adding it too. thanks.

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  67. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 4:58 AM

    and where is macedonian language ? give us that :))) thanks

    Aki

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  68. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 4:59 AM

    We want MACEDONIAN on Google !!!!!!!!!!

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