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    Google Labs: Automatic message translation

    Back in the early days of human existence, before language had fully developed, our caveman ancestors probably did a lot of grunting. Language, and thus life, were pretty simple: watch out for that saber-toothed tiger ("Blorg! AIYA!!!"); stop riding the wooly mammoth and help me pick some berries ("Argh. Zagle zorg!"); man, it's cold in this Ice Age ("Brrrr.").

    Somewhere along the line, all those grunts diverged into thousands of distinct languages, and life became both richer and more complicated. And for the last few eons or so, we've struggled to communicate in a multilingual world. Which brings us to today. Since the heart and soul of Gmail is about helping people communicate, I'm proud to announce the integration of Google's automatic translation technology directly into Gmail.

    Simply enable "Message Translation" from the Labs tab under Settings, and when you receive an email in a language other than your own, Gmail will help you translate it into a language you can understand. In one click.
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    "I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
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    and when you receive an email in a language other than your own, Gmail will help you translate it into a language you can understand. In one click.

    another marketing 'dust in your eyes' trick

    anyone who tried translating foreign languages in google translator knows they are weak, context insensitive and need a lot of corrections to make the translation look decent enough

    on the other hand, some translation power is better than none and hopefully you can figure out the meaning after all, based on previous knowledge of the 'to be translated' subject or some knowledge of the original language
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    Yes, of course. Machine translation is far from perfect, but at least it can help you get a basic image of what the text is about.
    "I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
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