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 ...

Though it still seems a bit like science fiction, we’ve reached the day where we can speak or type into our smartphones and have an artificial intelligence interpreter translate our speech or text ...

English is one difficult language. Even native speakers have trouble with spelling, grammar, and using proper punctuation. However, it is doable after some perseverance and practice. Your mobile ...

If you travel a lot, you’ll know that one of the biggest challenges is communicating in countries that don’t natively speak your primary language. Many countries adopt English as their second language ...

With at least 6,000 different languages spoken around the globe, there's always a chance you'll meet people or travel to a destination who don't speak the same language as you. Sure, you can always ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s impressive language skills have been getting some well-deserved praise. The Facebook founder surprised a group of students in Beijing this week by answering all their questions in ...

THE LIST OF NOODLE dishes on the bilingual menu of Main Street Imperial Taiwanese Gourmet—a restaurant in Flushing, Queens—starts innocently enough. There’s a “Taiwanese Fried Noodle,” “Fried Rice ...

During my last week of being mostly disconnected at a conference in France, I ran into one big challenge: my knowledge of French is limited, and usually involves dictionary-heavy translation of text, ...

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If you have ever traveled through a foreign country armed with little more than Google Translate to communicate, you know how awkward it can be to use the app to ask a friendly local for directions to ...

Company adds new translation abilities, potentially prepares for new YouTube ads, extends credit to paying Google Apps customers, and more. Stephen Shankland worked ...