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Get the tool: http://translate.google.com

What is it?

Google Translate is a free automatic translator. It works without the intervention of human translators, using state-of-the-art technology instead. currently supports between 57 languages. Use Google to translate phrases, web pages, documents, and chat sessions. can even be read aloud in many languages. Google Translate works in your browser or on your mobile device.

Why use it?

Students can use Google Translate to: ● Search and translate foreign language into their own language to enhance their research. ● Use the read aloud feature to hear the correct pronunciation of a word or sentence . ● Students can compare their own translations to Google Translate to practice their translation skills and even to contribute a better translation if needed. Teachers can use Google Translate to: ● Use Google Translate during a parent-teacher conference when a human translator is not available. ● Use Google Translate to make a class available in multiple languages automatically. ● Use Google Translate to send a letter home in the correct home language of the student.

Expert Tip Invite Google Chats’ Translation bots into a chat with someone that speaks a foreign language to instantly translate the chat for you. http://goo.gl/XJrFs

Instructional Ideas

Elementary/Primary. Give students a list of vocabulary words to translate to another language using Google Translate. Students can then use the read aloud feature to hear the correct pronunciation of the words. Middle/Early Secondary School. Have students create a report or short story in foreign language class, then have the students upload their document to Google Translate to see if the story will be accurate when translated to English. High/Secondary School. Use the Google Translated Search feature to compare the views of articles written in a foreign language to articles written in English as part of a Government/History class to show how perception differs from region to region.

Google Translate in Action

Project: Parent Teacher Conference Tool: Google Translate and Google Translate Grade/Subject: Any

The following is a true story of the power of Google Translate: A teacher, parent and student were waiting patiently for the school’s translator so they could begin their parent­teacher conference. After a couple of minutes the teacher remembered her Google Translate App on her mobile device. She typed out a sentence and pressed the play button, the device proceeded to translate the sentence and read it aloud in the student’s home language. The mother immediately began to cry and typed out “No one at a school has ever been able to communicate with me without someone else translating for me.” On many mobile devices it’s now possible to speak into the device in one language and have the device read a translation aloud in another language.

Additional Resources

More on Google Translate ● Google Translate for Documents: http://goo.gl/uXaLm ● Google Translator Toolkit: http://goo.gl/1dv6g ● Search websites in other languages: http://www.google.com/translate_s ● Add Translate to your website: http://translate.google.com/translate_tools ● Google Language Tools: http://www.google.com/language_tools ● Google Translate Blog: http://googletranslate.blogspot.com/

Complementary Tools ● Google Translate app for your mobile device ● ● ●

In order to comply with federal law and the Google Terms of Service, students need to be over 13 years of age to use any product which requires a . Students may participate in product use if the account is owned by a parent or teacher and that parent or teacher is present when the product is being used.really http://www.google.com/edu