Google announced today that it will add support for 110 languages to its Translate service. The company used its PaLM 2 AI model to power the translation.
These languages include Afar, Cantonese, Manx, Nko, Punjabi (Shahmukh), Amazigh (Berber), and Tok Pisin. The company said the newly added languages represent more than 614 million speakers, or approximately 8% of the population.
Google indicated that these languages go through different stages of use. While 100 million people speak it, no one else speaks it, but people are working to preserve this language.
Google said it takes into account elements such as varieties, regional dialects, and different spelling standards while adding support for the language.
“Our approach has been to prioritize the most widely used varieties in each language. For example, Romani is a language that has many dialects across Europe. Our models produce a script that is closer to Southern Vlax Romani, which is a variety commonly used online. “Our models produce a script that is closer to Southern Vlax Romani, which is a variety commonly used online,” Isaac said. It also mixes in elements from others, like Northern Vlax and Balkan Romani, said Caswell, a software engineer at Google, in a statement.
Adding 110 languages to Google Translate is part of its support initiative. 1000 languages through artificial intelligencewhich was announced in 2022. In the same year, the company added support for 24 languages spoken by more than 300 million people through the one-shot model.
At WWDC, Apple announced that it was adding Hindi language support to its Translate app. However, compared to Google, Apple Translate supports just over 20 languages.