I hope you're ready to waste some time doing something really, really stupid, because that's what's about to happen. See, there's a way you can get Google Translate's speech synthesis system to do ...

Modern gamers are quite fussy about how Japanese games - RPGs in particular - are localised. Back in the 16-bit era, translations were often hack-jobs riddled with errors, but more recently we've seen ...

UPDATE (December 16, 2025): Google Translate has added a bunch of new languages to its practice mode, not to mention that it received a Gemini boost. Summary: Google Translate is the company’s ...

Adrian has been a tech enthusiast since the 90s with a particular passion for gaming that developed thanks to his first gaming outings on Pong, Zork and Space Invaders. In the years that followed he ...

Alan is a technology author based in Nova Scotia, Canada. A computer enthusiast since his youth, Alan stays current on what is new and what is next. With over 30 years of experience in computer, video ...

Decades ago, Star Trek introduced the idea of a “universal translator,” a small baton that let crew members converse with aliens in their native languages simply by flipping a switch. And now we’re ...

Thanks to the latest AI and machine learning advancements, Google Translate is adding a new live translate mode and language practice tool. Google credits Gemini AI models in Translate as helping ...

Following AI-powered live translation and language practice capability, Google Translate is adding a model picker with “Fast” and “Advanced” options. This model picker appears beneath the “Google ...

Google Translate has become the internet’s go-to resource for short, quick translations from foreign languages. The service was first launched in April 2006, seeing off early competition from the ...

Google has discontinued the Translate Community Contribution feature. The decision comes as Google Translate has seen improvements due to advanced machine learning techniques. Users can still provide ...