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.

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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 ...

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 ...

Google Translate might be the go-to translator service for most people, but Microsoft's Translator is catching up with the addition of 12 new languages and dialects. Microsoft Translate now supports ...

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 ...

Leading the efforts to support and increase the reach of communication globally and locally, Microsoft Translator announces the addition of Filipino together with five other Austronesian languages, ...

A new bookmarklet from Microsoft can instantly translate any Web page from one language to another with just a simple click. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

On-device A new app called Microsoft Translator Pro supports real-time speech-to-speech translation without requiring an internet connection. The app is currently in preview on iOS. In case your ...

Not content with enabling free, cross-continental video conversations, Microsoft has now moved to break down language barriers and make conversing with our international friends even more convenient.

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.