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You are here: Home / Tech / GMail / GMail adds automatic message translation

GMail adds automatic message translation

May 20, 2009 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

Back in the day if you needed to translate an email written in another language you were forced to seek out a site like Babelfish. It worked well enough to get the job done but was always one extra step. Today there is a new feature in Gmail Labs which automatically translates foreign-language email messages to your native language directly in Gmail.

Once you’ve enabled the feature (go to Settings -> Labs and enable Message translation), using it is a as simple as clicking the translate link that automatically appears when an email is in a different language than your default; the text translates before your very eyes.

While most of us probably don’t do a lot of cross-language communication if you happen to do so this is an awesome addition to the already wicked cool arsenal of email tools provided via GMail Labs. You’re still at the mercy of Google Translate’s capabilities, but if you’re just looking to get the core of the conversation this feature will do in a pinch.

Filed Under: GMail, Google, Tech, Web Life Tagged With: google

About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

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