![]() ![]() There are, sadly, no sub-Saharan languages, though.ĭespite this vast array of languages, nearly all our potential co-testers, other than one French native speaker, were ruled out as the software only works on Windows 8 and above – most of the other would-be partners still run Windows 7 or have a Mac. On the IM side of things, this early version of Skype Translator comes with dozens of languages, including Urdu, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese and even Klingon. The program offers two modes of translation, text based for instant messaging (IM) and voice translation for calls, both of which are carried out more-or-less simultaneously. Skype Translator looks very similar to normal Skype, except when you click on a contact various translation options appear on the left hand side. Within minutes of the download completing and opening up the app, however, that excitement quickly faded, and was replaced by amusement, exasperation and disappointment. So, when my invitation to download this finally came through I was, while sceptical (I’m always sceptical about commercial machine translation), pretty excited, too.
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