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Google Translator vs. Bing Translator
by discovery Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:39 pm
Google Translator vs. Bing Translator
I'm a big fan of online translators,
not only because I'm interested in languages in general, but also
because they make my work easier every day. Google Translator
has been sitting on my Bookmarks Toolbar for a long time, as it is the
translating service I use more often. However I recently found out that
Microsoft's Bing has launched its own translating tool, so I decided to give it a go. You have to try things before judging them, don't you?
The first obvious difference between Google and Bing is precisely
their translating powers: while the first supports more than 50
different languages, the latter features only 20. But the truth is that
when Google Translator was launched it didn't support that many
languages either, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Bing Translator
adding more languages in the future.
One thing I love about Google Translator is its ability to detect source language automatically,
so I don't have to select it every time I use it. Luckily Bing
Translator offers the same functionality. Also, besides direct
translations, both Google and Bing offer some extra tools, such as a
widget to offer a translated version of your website (both), a special utility to perform translated searches (Google only) or a translating bot to assist you in multi-language chats (Bing only).
Now, what about translations themselves? Honestly, I didn't find
much differences between them in my tests. I tried several language
combinations with Spanish, English, German and Italian, using different
texts and swapping the source and target languages in order to test the
translating engines. The results were surprisingly similar, in both
ways: when Google Translator obtains a good translation, so does Bing;
and when Bing produces a completely absurd text, Google doesn't succeed
either.
Oddly enough, both seem to be better at translating into English:
as soon as you pick another target language, results are a bit
distorted. Both are also equally fast: you hardly have to wait for more
than 5 seconds to have your text translated. The only difference I
noticed, if any, is that Bing seems to be slightly better at certain
expressions, providing you with the correct translation instead of a
meaningless word-by-word equivalent.
Generally speaking though, both Google and Bing feature similarly
powerful translating engines. So if you work with different languages
on a daily basis and need to do frequent translations, I'd suggest you
take advantage of both of them!
:arrow: :arrow: :arrow:
I'm a big fan of online translators,
not only because I'm interested in languages in general, but also
because they make my work easier every day. Google Translator
has been sitting on my Bookmarks Toolbar for a long time, as it is the
translating service I use more often. However I recently found out that
Microsoft's Bing has launched its own translating tool, so I decided to give it a go. You have to try things before judging them, don't you?
The first obvious difference between Google and Bing is precisely
their translating powers: while the first supports more than 50
different languages, the latter features only 20. But the truth is that
when Google Translator was launched it didn't support that many
languages either, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Bing Translator
adding more languages in the future.
One thing I love about Google Translator is its ability to detect source language automatically,
so I don't have to select it every time I use it. Luckily Bing
Translator offers the same functionality. Also, besides direct
translations, both Google and Bing offer some extra tools, such as a
widget to offer a translated version of your website (both), a special utility to perform translated searches (Google only) or a translating bot to assist you in multi-language chats (Bing only).
Now, what about translations themselves? Honestly, I didn't find
much differences between them in my tests. I tried several language
combinations with Spanish, English, German and Italian, using different
texts and swapping the source and target languages in order to test the
translating engines. The results were surprisingly similar, in both
ways: when Google Translator obtains a good translation, so does Bing;
and when Bing produces a completely absurd text, Google doesn't succeed
either.
Oddly enough, both seem to be better at translating into English:
as soon as you pick another target language, results are a bit
distorted. Both are also equally fast: you hardly have to wait for more
than 5 seconds to have your text translated. The only difference I
noticed, if any, is that Bing seems to be slightly better at certain
expressions, providing you with the correct translation instead of a
meaningless word-by-word equivalent.
Generally speaking though, both Google and Bing feature similarly
powerful translating engines. So if you work with different languages
on a daily basis and need to do frequent translations, I'd suggest you
take advantage of both of them!
:arrow: :arrow: :arrow:
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