14 DAY TRIAL // Google is rolling out a revamped Translate website. The changes focus mostly on the layout and visual elements, but the emphasis is on the ergonomics. The new website also highlights some of the more overlooked tools and features Translate provides.
"We’re currently rolling out several changes globally to our look and feel that should make translating text, webpages and documents on Google Translate even easier. These changes will be available globally within a couple of days," Awaneesh Verma, Product Manager at Google Translate, announced.
There's not much in terms of new functionality. The site works pretty much the same, just the various elements have been moved around, hopefully, to make the site more intuitive to use.
"With today’s functional and visual changes we wanted to make it simpler for you to discover and make the most of Google Translate’s many features and integrations," the announcement added.
"For example, did you know that you can search across languages on Google using Google Translate? Or that you can translate incoming email in Gmail or take Google Translate with you on your phone?," it continued.
The new layout saves the lower half of the page which Google now uses to showcases some of the products built with Translate technology.
For example, it shows users how to get translated results using Google Search or how to add translated captions to YouTube videos. All of these additional tools are available on the new "Do more with Google Translate" page.
Another new page created by the Translate team aims to educate the users on how the technology behind the product works. A video on the page explains how statistical translation works and does it in a manner that non-technical users can understand.
The revamped Google Translate website is not live for everyone, but the transition should be complete in the next few days.