Google Translate uses sophisticated neural networks to translate 134 languages in real time. And using your phone’s camera, it can translate your surroundings without typing. The same machine-learning approach that is the building block of modern AI is used for the newest iterations of Google Translate, a so-called “transformer model.”
WSJ explains how the translation tech works with help from the Google engineers.
Chapters:
0:00 Early Google Translate
0:32 Translation
4:41 Optical character recognition
6:38 Putting the translation in AR
‘The Tech Behind’ explores the amazing engineering, computing, science and algorithms that power our favorite tech.
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