Twitter Now Translates

Twitter is taking steps to better connect you with people from around the world, overcoming linguistic obstacles, and unifying social media outreach.  With services provided by Microsoft’s search engine Bing, Twitter is implementing a transition tool for tweets written in foreign languages on its website.

In attempt to better boom and connect social media, now fans in other countries can understand the tweets of other twitter users in various languages including Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Arabic, Chinese and others.

Bing is not yet available for all Twitter users, but even if you have access to the translator, it isn’t immediately apparent. Only once you have clicked on the time stamp of the tweet and moved to the tweet’s individual page can you see the “View translation” option.

After clicking on it, a smaller, translated version of the tweet appears below the original with the “Translated from [language] by bing Translator” label.

“To make it easier for people around the world to connect with each other, we are beginning to experiment with Tweet text translation,” Twitter spokeswoman Christina Thiry told Fox News Latino.

Basically, the button automatically does the translating work that you might have done manually before. Instead of having to copy text from a foreign language tweet, open a new tab with a translating service and then paste the text, Twitter allows you to do all of that with one click of the mouse.

Information: Fox News Latino