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March 1st, 2013, 10:35 GMT · By

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Google Translate to Get Support for Dialects, Add a Phrasebook

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Google Translate already supports dozens of languages, some quite obscure, and is working on adding support for more. But, apparently, it's also working on adding support for dialects, to differentiate between versions of the same language used in different regions.

The Google Operating System blog spotted some of the upcoming features in the Google Translate source code.

For example, users are going to be able to switch between American English, British English or Australian English. Multiple choices will also be available for Spanish, Portuguese or Chinese.

There are also clues for other presumably upcoming features, like a phrasebook for certain languages and a dictionary view.

The phrasebook could come in handy if you're trying to communicate in a foreign country, though the feature is even more useful on mobile devices than on the desktop site.

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Comment #1 by: Kim on 05 Mar 2013, 06:37 UTC reply to this comment

where the heck did the normal google translate go, once it was very easy to use, but changes makes things more difficult to use. why make the best worse??

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