You don’t have to jet off to foreign climes to flex your language skills. According to the Census Bureau there are over 300 languages spoken in the US today. We could all use a little help when ...

Traveling abroad can be an incredible adventure, but the language barrier can make even the most intrepid explorer nervous. The fear of being unable to communicate or understand signs and menus keeps ...

Spring has sprung, and the summer is fast closing in, and – more importantly – international travel is returning in the coming months. This means the opportunity to immerse yourself in different ...

Translation apps help people communicate without a human translator or spend months learning a language. Most cases involve translating something you see on social media, although most sites have ...

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The iPhone is a superb tool for when you’re travelling abroad. Not only is it small, lightweight and internet-connected; it has a camera, speaker and microphone, which suddenly opens up a whole range ...

Microsoft today launched its Bing Translator app for Windows (including Windows RT). We don’t usually write all that much about Windows apps, and translation apps aren’t exactly new, either, but it’s ...

With the number of non-native English speakers steadily rising in the United States, it is not uncommon for businesses to be faced with language translation challenges on a regular basis. In most ...

The new app is covering all the bases, launching for iOS, Android and even the Apple Watch and Android Wear smartwatches. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

We've all been there - you're trying to communicate with someone who doesn't speak your language and you don't speak theirs, and no amount of charades and gesturing will do the trick. You need a ...

We’ve all used Google Translate at some point in time to help translate a word or phrase. It’s probably the most popular translator on the planet. Well, Google might be planning on pushing this app ...

A group speaking nine different languages can hold a conversation together -- with help from a Microsoft app on their phones. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...