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Google API Vs Bing API, which one is better for Translation?

When you think or require to translate one language into another, either just to communicate or you’re trying to read something, there are multiple numbers of options great at capturing. what the primary language really expressed without seeming absurd.

Before we look into deep and start comparing features, let’s take a sharp look at our translation giants.

  • Google Translate: A free translation tool from Google that can be practiced via browser, mobile browser, Android or iOS app. Both the web and mobile browser versions can translate text and web pages, and the non-mobile browser can translate limited documents. The Android and the iOS app can translate text, real-time speech, images, web pages, and even real-time video for some languages. There is also an API, the developer can use it to build their own translation tools.
  • Microsoft (Bing)Translator: Microsoft offering a translation tool that can be used in your browser or mobile browser, and Windows, iOS, Android apps, and apps for Apple Watch and Android. Additionally, BingTranslator can be blended with other Microsoft applications, like Ms.Office, Skype, and Visual Studio using the Bing Translator API. The browser versions can translate only web pages and text, but the Bing Translator apps can work with images, text, and real-time speech.

Google Translator has been the major choice when it appears to translation tools, but gratitude to some important updates, Microsoft Translator (known as Bing Translate) has been overhauling up in the last few of years. Now they’re both fairly similar when it comes to functionality.

A translation tool shouldn’t only be ranked by the number of languages it can translate, but it’s certainly a major component. Higher the number of languages it translates with the best quality of the primary text. Google Translate’s 100 plus languages whereas Bing Translator supports 60 languages approximately. But before we count a point for Google Translate, it’s important to note that not every language in their catalog has the same level of support.

Google Translate offering translation in 100 plus languages, but not every single language runs with every feature. For example, French can be transmuted doing all six Translate’s features: type, write, talk, snap, see, and offline. So it’s great that Google Translate has such a wide range, but once you notice outside of the more widely-spoken languages, the Google tool actually becomes a dictionary.

When it comes to Bing Translator, it supports 60 languages closely, You can use real-time speech translation only for Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Spanish for example. Majority of the Bing offers the translation of the majority of languages in offline mode whereas Google offers only 50% of its total count. Google has more languages in total and has a few more available for offline use, but they’re both identical when it comes to giving full translation assistance to the popular languages.

Google TranslatorBing Translator
TypeText Type
SpeakSpeak or talk
Images or SnapsImages or Snaps
ConversationConversation
OfflineOffline
Write or Scrublling

 

Translator main features:

  • Type: You type in text in your browser or on your phone.
  • Write: You write a word or phrase on your touchscreen with your stick or finger.
  • Talk: You speak toward your phone’s microphone and it translates what you speak in real-time.
  • Snap or Photo: You take a photo of text and it translates it.
  • Real-time conversation: You point your phone’s camera in some text and it translates it in real-time.
  • Offline: You are smart to practice the above features without an internet connection even when you’re offline
  • Google’s real-time video translation feature makes it really stand out from Bing. It works similar to the app called Word Lens, where it really modifies the text you’re viewing right before your eyes. It can start reading signs and navigating an unknown area agile and simple.

Microsoft Translator has five main features:

  • Translator’s real-time conversation mode is where it truly reflects. The screen splits into two fractions, and you prefer a language for each side. For example, I wanted to converse with a person who only articulated Spanish. I would choose English for my side of the screen, and Spanish for the other side. Then we would just hit the microphone button on our particular side of the screen to talk, and the app makes the rest. It’s plausible to have a real-time conversation with Google Translate’s talk feature, but it’s old fashioned and less favorable to actual back-and-forth conversation.

Conclusion

You cannot underestimate these translation tools. They both understand and makes your job done, and Microsoft has made an earnest effort to compete with Google’s more popular tool. Both have identical unique advantages when it comes to the number of languages and the quality of the text translation into particular language.

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