Testing Google's new Translate app in Times Square, 'the tourist capital of New York' – video

The new Translate app launched this week, promising instant translation by using phones' cameras to interpret different languages into English. According to Google, this will take us closer 'to a world where language is no longer a barrier.'



The Translate app can decipher French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Russian, and with more languages apparently in the pipeline. Google said the new app should offer better conversation between languages, and is said to allow seamless chat between people. The Guardian's Adam Gabbatt put the app's translation skills to the test in New York City Continue reading...



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