Google Translate and Google Development Tools

Google claims its translator program uses state-of-the-art technology to translate text from one language to another. Of course, the translation is done automatically without the intervention of a translator.

Google developed the translation software in its research labs. Google Translate uses what they term a "statistical machine translation" that is based on feeding the computer billions of words of text and equivalent words and phrases in the target language. It includes examples of human translations linked to each word or phrase. According to Google, they then apply statistical learning techniques to create a translation base.

Google Translate claims to have achieved good results using the above techniques, as opposed to the rule-based approach of traditional translation systems. Google recognizes that its translator, like all other automated translators, does not translate as well as a professional translator.

Google accepts large amounts of bilingual text for the project. Users can suggest a better translation by clicking a button on Google Translate.

Google Translate seems to work on entire web pages. After a search was conducted on Google China, the translate button was pushed, and an English translation was produced. It was useful.

For the developer, Google has a wealth of information. Some of this information may also be valuable to lightweights who just want to peruse it in the hopes of gaining a better understanding of how Google operates.

In addition to articles on the subject of Google Calendar, Google has articles on Google Data API Topics. What follows is a list of some of those articles: Getting Started with the Google Data PHP Client Library (October 2008); Getting Started with the Google Data Java Client Library (September 2007); Getting Started with the Google Data Python Library (August 2007); Getting Started with the .NET Client Library (August 2007); Using OAuth with the Google Data APIs (September 2008); Using AuthSub with the .NET Client Library (August 2007); Writing Windows Mobile applications using Google Data APIs (April 2009); Writing Windows Mobile applications using Google Data APIs (April 2009); Coding in the Shade: Using Eclipse with Google Data APIs (April 2008).

Further articles offered on the Google Data API Topics page are as follows: Using Ruby with the Google Data APIs (April 2008); Google Data on Rails (February 2009); REST for the Traveling Salesman: Using Google Data on Salesforce.com (November 2007); Using cURL to interact with Google Data services (September 2007); On the Wire: Network Capture Tools for API Developers (June 2007); Living Vicariously: Using Proxy Servers with the Google Data API Client Libraries (June 2007); Debugging Google Data API Clients: Exploring Traffic from Within your Program (June 2007).

Google also has a Google Code Page. On it, the Google calendar page features a Google Data API Blog and a Community Forum. Questions can be posted in this Community, which is also another Google Group. For more information, users can refer to the API Overview Guide.

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