Google Translate Interface Updated

Google Translate is one of the most popular automatic translation services on the Internet. It is not only available at the official Google Translate website but also as a mashup in various other online applications and even lots of desktop software programs. Google has recently updated the interface of the translate service which is now using Ajax to display translated results without page reloads. The direct display of the translated text makes it even more comfortable to use.

Long term users of Google Translate know that it is possible to copy and paste text into the web form at the service right away. There are however other options including the option to paste an url into the form or to upload documents to get them translated.

The new interface is only displaying translated results immediately if text is pasted into the form or if a text document is uploaded using the upload form. Websites on the other hand are still loaded separately with Google Translate controls in the header. The new interface looks a lot cleaner than the old one and we had the impression that everything loaded faster.

Users who want to try the new Google Translate interface can visit the website to do so.

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Author: Martin Brinkmann, Saturday November 21, 2009 -
Tags:Google, google translate, translate, translate text

Responses so far:

1. 26Dolphins says:

   November 22, 2009 at 1:02 am

   Hi Martin,

   Confirm, it looks cleaner and loads faster than before, so a change to the better; too bad it’s not the case with google.com (search box).

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2. Antony says:

   November 22, 2009 at 3:26 am

   Thanks for upgrade, I see Thai translation added and Google more competitive.
   Before I had to link to Babelfish.

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3. Anonymous says:

   March 3, 2011 at 5:07 pm

   all I wan to know is WHY ON EARTH I CANT CHANGE MY GOOGLE TRANSLATE INTERFACE LANGUAGE FROM THAI INTO ENGLISH

   Reply