App. of the Week: Google Translate

Photo: Google Translate Logo

Google Translate has always been a pretty amazing service offered by Google. The app hit phones in 2011. It was fairly nice and with time has gotten better. Google Translate will translate text, speech, drawing, and now signs and billboards after Google bought the app. World Lens in Spring of 2014 and interfaced it into Google Translate.

Although not perfect, Google Translate currently will translate 90 languages. It will define words for you as well. There are limitations to the translations the app. can accomplish using the camera function. Arabic and a few other languages will need to have individual words highlighted with your finger to translate.

Check out the Wall Street Journal video below highlighting a few of the app.'s features.

Video: Wall Street Journal Highlights Google Translate Features

Next week, I will be posting a really cool app. to go along with Free Comic Book Day on May 1st.