An experiment in cross-language communication with the BBC
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Earlier this month BBC launched an experiment using Google Translate to faciliate real-time discussion across languages. The project was part of the BBC’s SuperPower series which explored the transformative power of the internet. On SuperPower Nation Day, BBC readers from around the world were invited to discuss the Nation Day event online--and have their comments translated live for others to read.
The initiative used Google Translate to translate comments between seven languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Persian, Indonesian, Portugese, and Spanish. While the translations were not perfect, most users were surprised by how well Google Translate enabled people from around the world to communicate with one another.
“Acredito que isto pode dar certo!” wrote Nathana from Brazil in one of the comments--or, as translated by Google Translate, “I believe this can work!”
While a few of the translations looked strange at first glance, most users found them intelligible and useful. For example one user’s comment was translated from Persian into, “World, the village is small. We all need each other to help maintain the world.” As you can see, not perfect, but understandable.
This experiment is a good example of how Google Translate can be used to help people of different languages communicate with one another. While there is still a long way to go in improving Google’s translation technology, we hope and expect to see projects like the BBC’s SuperPower Nation Day become more and more common--and as the opportunities arise we look forward to making our contribution with Google Translate.
Posted by Jeff Chin, Product Manager
The initiative used Google Translate to translate comments between seven languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Persian, Indonesian, Portugese, and Spanish. While the translations were not perfect, most users were surprised by how well Google Translate enabled people from around the world to communicate with one another.
“Acredito que isto pode dar certo!” wrote Nathana from Brazil in one of the comments--or, as translated by Google Translate, “I believe this can work!”
While a few of the translations looked strange at first glance, most users found them intelligible and useful. For example one user’s comment was translated from Persian into, “World, the village is small. We all need each other to help maintain the world.” As you can see, not perfect, but understandable.
This experiment is a good example of how Google Translate can be used to help people of different languages communicate with one another. While there is still a long way to go in improving Google’s translation technology, we hope and expect to see projects like the BBC’s SuperPower Nation Day become more and more common--and as the opportunities arise we look forward to making our contribution with Google Translate.
Posted by Jeff Chin, Product Manager
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The experience was great. If you want to have a look to the review we wrote on the BBC Mundo site go to : http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ciencia_tecnologia/2010/03/100319_bbc_conversacion_global.shtml
ReplyDeleteIt's in Spanish, but anyone can use the translator to read it. It works!!!
Even our editors posted an entry on their blog about that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mundo/blog_de_los_editores/2010/03/no_habla_ingles_que_importa.html
Mr. Chin,
ReplyDeleteI am a member of a small church in the US, but we have several Spanish speaking members who have a difficult time understanding our English service. We have used a human translator who uses a wireless headphones system to speak to the members of the church. However the translator is not always available.
After watching the Google I/O presentation on 5-20-10, it appears that Google is closer than ever to providing accurate real-time translations.
Our church, and I am sure other churches, would benefit from the ability to take a feed from the PA system, send live audio to Google, translate it, and have translated speech come back. Even if the translation simply came back as a text feed that could be fed to a video projector to provide real-time translation would be helpful.
Thank you to Google for all your hard work on this project!
Craig
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