Translation apps are useful in two key ways: interpreting an unfamiliar foreign phrase in your native language, or else quickly translating your speech into another language as part of a conversation.

Microsoft Translator lets people use their smartphones to have multi-lingual conversations. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft this morning announced a new feature for its Translator program that will let ...

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Microsoft announced today that its Skype Translator — a tool that automatically translates your speech into text and computer-generated speech — now supports Arabic. So Skype Translator now speaks a ...

The language barrier may soon be breached if Microsoft Translator is as good as it purports to be. On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled plans to release a new mobile app before the end of 2016 that will ...

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Right now, Google’s Translate app is a pretty standard resource for those staring down the barrel of a street sign in a foreign country, but Microsoft is making a solid push to compete. Previously ...

Microsoft is taking signups for its real-time video translation service, which will be available in limited preview form before the end of the year. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech ...

Starting in late summer 2015, Microsoft will be integrating the preview of its Skype Translator real-time translation service into the desktop versions of its Skype application on Windows PCs.

Chances are you mostly need a translator app on your phone while you are traveling. But that’s also when you are most likely to not have any connectivity. While most translation apps still work when ...