Google translation will integrate a new function motorized by AI thanks to Gemini! Named asking for a follow -up, it makes it possible to refine translations, in particular taking into account the context and adjusting the tone.
Online for eighteen years now, Google translation has continued to evolve and is now based on the Deep Learning (or “deep learning” in French). This technology, inspired by the functioning of the human brain, uses a network of artificial neurons. Thanks to this, AI continues continuously by learning from its errors, which are corrected by users. The service has thus experienced a remarkable evolution over time. It is much more than a simple dictionary that would be content to translate the words seized on a smartphone, it is also able to recognize handwriting, to quickly analyze long online articles in the desired language, and even to play the role of interpreter to facilitate oral communication, all without fresh. No wonder it has become an essential reflex for many users!
But Google does not intend to stop there. A era of generative artificial intelligence obliges, the company has decided to integrate its IA IA Gemini, which it intends to deploy in all of its services. Our colleagues fromAndroid Authority have discovered, in the APK of the application, a new function allowing to refine their translations by modifying the style, by exploring variants and taking more into account the context.
Google Translation: more subtlety and pedagogy
With this update, Google Translation offers a new “Ask A Follow-Up” button, which could be translated as “Ask for a follow-up”. By pressing on it, a menu offering several options to adjust and improve the translation appears. It is then possible to add context, to specify certain information to it, in order to provide more nuances, but also to choose between different styles of expression (formal, simplified, relaxed or reformulated). A “regional variants” option also makes it possible to adapt the translation to the linguistic specificities of a given geographical area. What make Google translation much more precise!
This new function also makes it possible to listen to the translation, in order to work the pronunciation or the tone – very practical for preparing an oral or an interview! To be able to improve its language model, Google invites users to give their feedback by leaving an inch raised or lowered to indicate whether the result is satisfactory or not.
Finally, the new function provides additional cultural notes, grammatical explanations and regional variations in order to help users understand how translations can differ depending on the context or location. A more than welcome educational dimension that should help those in full language learning.
Please note, if some developers have managed to activate the new interface in version 9.3.78.731229477.7 of Google Translation, its official deployment has not yet started. So we will have to be patient, it’s undoubtedly the story of a few weeks!