Good Business eMails: Translate turns 20 and launches a top-requested feature

Google Translate turns 20

From its beginning as an AI experiment in 2006 to the 1 billion users who now translate around 1 trillion words every single month, Google Translate has come a long way. To celebrate Translate’s 20th anniversary, we rounded up some fun facts and things to try, including the launch of one of our most requested features: a new “pronunciation practice” tool on Android. It uses AI to analyze your speech and provide instant feedback so you have the right pronunciation before you start a conversation. Check out more features to try and cool tidbits to know, like the most commonly translated phrase for many months over the last 20 years. (Hint: It’s a pretty heartwarming one.)

Cheers to 20 years

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