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Google Translate Adds 110 New Languages
Google has added 110 new languages to its online translator Google Translate, the company said in a press release.
“Google Translate breaks down language barriers, helping people communicate and better understand the world around them. We are constantly using the latest technology to make this tool available to more people <...>. We are using artificial intelligence to expand the range of languages supported. With our language model PaLM 2, we will add 110 new languages to Google Translate, which will be the largest expansion ever,” the company said in a statement.
Google also noted that the added languages are spoken by more than 614 million people, or about 8% of the world's population. About a quarter of the new languages are African.
As the corporation explained, it is impossible to choose the only “correct” spelling option and include it in the translator, since languages have many dialects and spelling standards.
"Our approach is to prioritize the most commonly used variant of each language. For example, Romani is a language that has many dialects across Europe. Our models produce text that is closest to Vlax Romani, which is spoken in southeastern Europe. But it also contains elements of other dialects," the company noted.
The Google Translate database, among others, also includes the languages of the peoples living in Russia. In particular, Avar, Bashkir, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Ossetian, Udmurt, Tuvan, Yakut, and Crimean Tatar.
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