Google to translate from images
Google has launched a new translation service for mono-lingual English tourists, which may save them from making embarrassing mistakes in restaurants across the world.
The search giant unveiled its latest piece of technology at Mobile World Congress this week, which lets a baffled diner snap a foreign menu on their smartphone for an instant translation into English.
Currently Google’s early prototype can only translate German to English; so where it will save the unsuspecting tourist in Bavaria from a slice of gefullter Saumagen (stuffed sow’s stomach), the green-faced vegetarian in Paris will be left prodding his plate of pied de cochon (pig’s trotters).
However, in the future Google believes its technology will be used to translate everything from road signs, posters and even foreign novels between the 52 languages it supports.
Andrew Gomez, Google’s product marketing manager, said: “Imagine being in a foreign country staring at a restaurant menu you can’t understand, a waiter impatiently tapping his foot at your table side.
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