Google Translate is getting a big upgrade with improved offline mode

Google Translate is about to get a lot more useful to those with spotty internet connections.

Google is rolling out an update to the Google Translate to the Android app that will enable offline mode on more phones since it takes up less storage. That’s thanks to a new, phrase-based algorithm that uses an artificial intelligence-based translation system developed in collaboration with their deep learning team Google Brain.

That means translations now take into consideration the whole phrase instead of doing small chunks, says Google Translate product manager Julie Cattiau, who travelled the world to understand what improvements people wanted from the tool. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Google Translate is getting a big upgrade with improved offline mode