Google has one of the best language translation technologies around, which they’ve continually improve it over the past few years. And now their Android app has the ability to support speech-to-speech translation in 14 languages. This means that Asian and Mexicans who don’t know much English can now understand what the cops are saying when asking for a drivers license and registrations (No offense) My
boyfriend always makes that joke to himself because he lacks the English language and says he can get away with anything when stopped by the police. So don’t HATE 🙂

Were was I? Ok yeah

This is a feature that could benefit travelers in strange lands…(humm….) yeah strange lands like Mexico. If there’s a language that someone only knows bits and pieces of, or not a single word, and you have to ask someone for directions or recommendations, you can quickly fire up the app and begin speaking (which is far less clunky than typing and reading).

Translate also has text translation in 14 languages, and text-to-speech translation in 17 languages. If you’re running Android 2.2 or later, you can download the latest version of Translate from the Marketplace right now.