Google has embarked on the largest expansion into African languages to date, adding 3 Nigerian languages — Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba — with over 100 million native speakers put together to its web translation service, Google Translate.


Before now, Google Translate supported only two African languages, namely, Swahili and Afrikaans, allowing users to communicate and connect with people and information easily.


With the addition of Hausa (Harshen Hausa), spoken in Nigeria and neighbouring countries with 35 million native speakers, Igbo (Asụsụ Igbo) spoken in Nigeria with 25 million native speakers, Yoruba (èdè Yorùbá) spoken in Nigeria and neighbouring countries with 28 million native speakers; Google wants to help about 115 million native speakers who have access to the web to connect with new people.

Google Translate is available in over 80 languages around the world and also features an Android app together with its desktop web app.

Source:http://www.iamnigeria.net/2013/12/google-translation-service-now.html

I thought it had been for some time.

There's something i noticed though. I typed an Igbo sentence and it didn't give me the exact English translation that i wanted until i changed the dialect. I think they have to make it open for different Igbo word usage. For instance, "Olisa gozie gi(God bless you)" did not give me what i wanted until i typed "Chukwu gozie gi".

^^^ There are various French dialects. Same applies to Spanish, English, etc but I am sure they are using the "central" version. If they went with every dialect, it wouldn't make sense.

Also, as with every initial translation, there are bound to be mistakes. It will get better with time though, with each passing iteration.

yawa-ti-de:
^^^ There are various French dialects. Same applies to Spanish, English, etc but I am sure they are using the "central" version. If they went with every dialect, it wouldn't make sense.

Also, as with every initial translation, there are bound to be mistakes. It will get better with time though, with each passing iteration.

It's not exactly dialects. It's just different words used to describe the same thing. I don't expect them to include all the dialects. But they should endeavor to make it more flexible.

^^^ LWKMD, ROFLMAO

I typed some swear words/phrases, curses and abusive words and it returned some bullcrap.

Please, be informed that google translation is completely mechanical. This means, for individual words, great chances are that you'll get them correct. But for complex phrases, sentences and long passages, only a faint idea as to the meaning of the the translated passage should be expected. You are thus expected to have a faint idea of the language you are translating to and from ( which makes the essence of translation defeated!)

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Oya Google Translate this wan o......
Mora dodo lo'yo
Moje dodo lo'yo
Mofi dodo pa omo'nidodo ni'dodo.

Wow!!!

How can I get it

How can I get it on my phone

Eze Promoe: I couldn't help but laugh at this translations;

eko o ni baje - education have broken

o baje ti - You have broken

LOL!!!

Eze Promoe: I couldn't help but laugh at this translations;

eko o ni baje - education have broken

o baje ti - You have broken

Lwkmd!!

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Good to know!

The translations are total crap, I tried it yesterday and now I realize why those spanish tweets have been making little sense. Utter crap.

Good to know.
I'm off to translate some yoruba words I've been looking for the meaning.
I must understand ede yoruba by fire and by force .

;DLwkmd....so u mean na computer go dey translate am abi na human being,Google no even no where dey pain dem.na only dem wan do everything.....i wont be surprise if Google start telling everybody his/her future when he/she would die etc.

Afam4eva: I thought it had been for some time.

There's something i noticed though. I typed an Igbo sentence and it didn't give me the exact English translation that i wanted until i changed the dialect. I think they have to make it open for different Igbo word usage. For instance, "Olisa gozie gi(God bless you)" did not give me what i wanted until i typed "Chukwu gozie gi".

chukwu is the general name understandable to all ethnics in the east!

Many others have their own translation but chukwu is general.

Just like 'olorun' in yoruba language. It is general. While olodumare, eleda etc are sectional!

...i guess...

lol... Shaking my head

Hurray! Pidgin nko?

This is great! my igbo is improving using this!

Eze Promoe: I couldn't help but laugh at this translations;

eko o ni baje - education have broken

o baje ti - You have broken

Quite hilarious. But they are correct to some extent. "Eko" has different meanings in Yoruba...e.g.. Education,palp,Lagos,teach,Learn...etc. "baje" means 'spoilt,damage,broken',etc...

O gini n' afio

sexymoma: Oya Google Translate this wan o......
Mora dodo lo'yo
Moje dodo lo'yo
Mofi dodo pa omo'nidodo ni'dodo.

why dnt u pretend to be wise a little?

Besides, what nonsense did u write as ur signature?

'Christams is not all abt wot under the tree but abt Jesus who died on the tree'

how does that make sense to u? Even the grammatical error na bam!

i dnt knw wetin ur own Jesus wan pluck for tree wey make am die there o.

So, na tree ur own jesus die on, abi?


SMH!!!

dats nice

Cool

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Good to know.