Using Google Apps
Step 1
❱ Unlike Google Earth or Maps, the Translate app is far less
graphically intense but its lack of visual gloss is replaced with a
very powerful tool that can prove as essential, so let’s take a look.
Open the Apps menu on the tool bar and select Translate from the
choice of applications.
Step 3
❱ Just like a standard Google search you can choose to input your
text via the keyboard or using voice input. To use the latter, click on
the Microphone icon to the left or if you prefer the former, tap the
keyboard icon to the right. Your text will now appear in the box to
the left. By clicking the double arrow icon between these boxes,
you can swap the text.Step 4
❱ NOTE: You are limited 5000 characters per translation so ensure
you enter your text in small chunks to avoid missing text. For
this first example we have entered an expression in English and
selected Norwegian, from the drop down menu, as the translated
language. The translation happens in real time.Setting Up Translate
Google Translate is far more than just a basic translate tool.
You can use this in several different ways.
Step 2
❱ This is the main
control window of
Google Translate,
from here you
can decipher any
communication
break downs. Notice
the two boxes on
screen. The left
(input) is where you
enter the original
text and the right
(output) is where it
is translated.
How to Use
Google Translate
With the Earth in the palm of your hand or at the end of your keyboard,
there are no limits to how far you can explore without barriers. Yet if
you have been inspired to open up your world on the other side of your
screen, there is one barrier that could limit your travels, that of language.