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New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

Translator Now available: The Windows Live Toolbar Translator Button!

So many people said: I wish I had a simple button to translate a web page when I need it! Imagine: you browse for the latest digital camera information and before you know it, you end up on a Japanese web page and you don’t understand what it says. Did you bookmark the URL to a web page translator? Wouldn’t it be convenient to just get an English translation of this Japanese site with a simple mouse click?

If it happened to you before that your browsing experience crossed over to a specific language, your Windows Live Toolbar button will remember the last language you needed a translation for. E.g. if it was from Japanese to English, a simple click on your button will now give you an English translation in our unique bilingual view along-side the Japanese original site. If you are, however, not in need of a Japanese-->English translation, but landed on a – say - French site, you can easily adjust the language selection in the bilingual viewer’s language drop down box. Or: you can expand the little downward arrow next to the toolbar button: cid:image002.png@01C82081.5EC49270 and choose which language selection you would like to see applied when the button is clicked:

With this toolbar button, web page translations are literally only a mouse click away. It doesn’t get much easier than that!! Try it out.

Cheers - Andrea (Your friendly neighborhood Translator PM :-))

Published Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:19 PM by MSR-MT Team

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Monday, November 12, 2007 7:51 AM by anonymous

# re: New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

1. How about a SideBar Gadget?

2. Will and if yes when will MS develop their own translation technology?

3. Google also has a bilingual view, only difference is that their original text appears as hovering/floating text upon mouseover.

Monday, November 12, 2007 12:14 PM by Andrea Jessee

# re: New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

In response to:

Monday, November 12, 2007 7:51 AM by anonymous

# re: New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

1. How about a SideBar Gadget?

<AJ:> Yes, we are considering releasing one as well.

2. Will and if yes when will MS develop their own translation technology?

<AJ:> MS is already developing their own translation technology. It is based on statistical methods and particularly well-suited for computer/technical content. You can enable it on our home page: http://translator.live.com by checking the "Computer-related content" option. Certain technical web pages will also be automatically translated Microsoft's own translation service (e.g. msdn).

3. Google also has a bilingual view, only difference is that their original text appears as hovering/floating text upon mouseover.

 <AJ> Indeed. It is comparable to our "Translation with Original" view which we also offer as one of our 4 differnt views offerings.

Thank you! - Andrea Jessee (MSR-MT PM)

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:50 PM by Office Natural Language Team Blog

# MSR blog on the Microsoft Research Machine Translation system

Our colleagues from the Microsoft Research (MSR) group have started blogging about the statistical machine

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:50 PM by Noticias externas

# MSR blog on the Microsoft Research Machine Translation system

Our colleagues from the Microsoft Research (MSR) group have started blogging about the statistical machine

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:56 AM by Walter Stiers - Academic Relations Team (BeLux)

# Microsoft Research Machine Translation system

Thierry Fontenelle publishes on the Office Natural Language Team Blog the MSR blog on the Microsoft Research

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 8:03 AM by Noticias externas

# Microsoft Research Machine Translation system

Thierry Fontenelle publishes on the Office Natural Language Team Blog the MSR blog on the Microsoft Research

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:36 PM by CorrecteurOrthographiqueOffice

# Blog de Microsoft Research sur le système de traduction automatique de MSR

Mes collègues de Microsoft Research (MSR) ont récemment créé leur propre blog où ils présentent le système

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:28 PM by Noticias externas

# Blog de Microsoft Research sur le système de traduction automatique de MSR

Mes collègues de Microsoft Research (MSR) ont récemment créé leur propre blog où ils présentent le système

Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:28 AM by Translation India

# re: New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

Does it deliver 100% accurate and secure?

TranslationIndia.com

Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:54 AM by IAFL Translation

# re: New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

Good idea!! Do you plan to feature machine translation in languages of the Indian sub-continent too?

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:44 PM by MSR-MT Team

# re: New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

IAFL: we would love to - keep tuned to this blog for any news regarding expanded language coverage

thanks!

Vikram (MSR)

Friday, May 23, 2008 11:45 PM by CNX Translation

# re: New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

Interesting. I think I'll install the Toolbar to try it out. I wonder how it compares to other machine translators.

Saturday, June 27, 2009 6:49 AM by Computer products

# re: New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

I like the convenience the Toolbar Translator Button provides.

Saturday, June 27, 2009 7:03 AM by Quality Directory

# re: New on the Windows Live Gallery: The Toolbar Translator Button!

This little button saves me a lot of time. I do my work faster nowadays.

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