Google Translate

Online language converter

Google Translate is an online service that automatically translates text between languages.

Users paste text or enter a web address to receive machine-generated translations.

The quality varies—adequate for grasping meaning, unreliable for nuance: I ran the email through Google Translate to get the gist.

The name often functions as a verb: Just Google Translate it.

Opposites
translation agency

Google Translatecertified translator

Licensed professional converting documents

court interpreter

translation approach

Google Translatelanguage fluency

Mastery of a tongue

bilingualism · language mastery · total immersion · language acquisition · living abroad

communication philosophy

Google Translateuntranslatable

Lacking cross-lingual equivalent

monolingualism · Tower of Babel

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G