Fun things to do with Google Translate

Translation is a lot of controversial art and many people believe it is not possible to develop a perfect virtual translator, since language is a tool that is very constantly modifies to be reproduced in a software.

Anyway, there are translators and people use them all the time, is to understand a Wikipedia page, communicate with a foreign friend, understand a tweet from a Chinese, or simply check that important word before the English exam.

The best known among them, no doubt, is Google Translate, which performs conversions texts almost instantly between several languages ​​and provides the option to hear the result, in the case of smaller phrases. In translations between languages ​​more relevant, such as English, Spanish and even Portuguese, the translated version is usually quite satisfactory, but in "smaller" languages ​​is not always so.

The purpose of this article is to show some different uses for Google Translate: people who have discovered how to use the tool for fun, or just to do things that nobody had done before. So let them.
imitating noises

Everyone has tried to write a sentence in their native language and see how it is pronounced using the filter of another language. The game has evolved and some people found it possible to imitate sounds using Google Translate. The most famous example is the German Beatbox.

But this is not the only option. As the picture shown above, insert a large following "r's", and the language of input and output options choose the Croatian language. The effect is much like a car engine, or a chainsaw. The same sequence in Hungarian may not seem like an engine, but it is also comical. Take the opportunity to try "qqqqqqqq" in German.
Talk without knowing what he is talking

Recently, a video was made famous on the internet, in which two girls were asking for Indian food by phone, talking in Hindi with the attendant just using Google Translate. The idea was to prepare them several phrases commonly used in this type of service, such as "hello, I would ask for food" and "my address is", and click to hear every time the attendant to stop talking.

Hard to say if the video is true, but one can not deny that the idea is quite ingenious. Strolling through a foreign city, or wanting to test whether the attendants of the local Japanese restaurant really know the language, why not test this idea?
Simultaneous translation of tweets

Google Translate is quite efficient and widely used. Rightfully so, the latest versions of Google Chrome, it comes natively built into the browser, and can be used to translate any page instantly.

For users who prefer Firefox, the tool can be installed through add-ons. There is the advantage, however, that with the plugins you may have access to other features. Using Greasemonkey, for example, and another user script, it is possible to have any tweet instantly translated from Google Translate.

With this script, any tweet is automatically translated into the language of the browser. As the picture above shows abbreviated words or slang can not be converted correctly, but the essence of the message is passed. All very simple to do.

Chat in any language

Now a tool provided by Google itself. This is a button, or a preset tool operating alone, which automatically translates any phrase sent. Grace is that this bot can be added to any discussion of Gtalk, and be used as a mediator between two users who do not speak the same language.

There are bots for translations across multiple languages​​. You can find the full list here. Just add the name of the bot in front of the address @ bot.talk.google.com and insert it in conversations. You can also trigger the bot to translate phrases.

What do you think of these different uses of Google Translate? Take a moment to leave your comments in the space below and if you have thought of a way to use the tool in which no one thought, report it too. We look forward.