Google Translate gets reverse translations, grouped synonyms, smarter rankings

Google yesterday announced in a blog post that it has updated its Translate service. It now has three new features that help you distinguish among translations of a word so you may better know which meaning of a word you are looking for. The three new features are Reverse Translations, Frequencies and Synonyms.Google states that its users often check their translations by translating them back into their original language. The Reverse Translations feature distinguishes translations of different meanings and reveals subtle differences among similar words. Each translation of a word is now annotated with its most frequent reverse translation to help you with different meanings of a word.Google Translate will now rank translations by relevance. Each translation is now marked as common, uncommon or rare by frequency indicators. According to Google, the ratings are based on “the vast number of translations” the company uses to train the system. Google Translate will now hide the rarest translations of a word by default, but you can still view them with a click.

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