Chat in any language – use Google talk instant translator bot

Now you can have your own personal language translator! All you have to do is to add him as a friend in Google talk!

Google has released 24 language translator bot in Google Talk. These are named in using language codes – for example a contact named en2fr will translate from English to French. You just need to add en2fr as a friend and then anything you type to en2fr will be translated to french instantly!

Since this service uses XMPP open protocol, you can write different applications to make use of the underlying engine. For example, you can enable this chat translation facility on your own site using the Google talk engine.

Machine translation comes with its own risks, so don’t try it on your date