Guwahati: In a breakthrough moment, tech giants Google finally announced their decision of adding the Assamese language to Google translate on May 11.
Apart from Assamese, seven other Indian languages including Mizo from Mizoram and Meiteilon from Manipur were also added to Google translate.
According to officials at Google, the tech giants added 24 new languages to Google Translate in their latest update and they said that Sanskrit was the most requested language.
The officials further stated that Google translate is adding the first languages from Northeast India.
Out of the 24 new languages, the eight newly added languages happen to be Sanskrit, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Mizo and Meiteilon (Manipuri).
As a result of this latest addition, Google translate now supports a total of 19 Indian languages.
This announcement was made at the annual Google conference that began late on the night of May 11.
The eight new Indian languages to be added soon include:
1. Assamese which is used by about 25 million people in Northeast India
2. Bhojpuri which is used by about 50 million people in northern India, Nepal and Fiji
3. Dogri which is used by about 3 million people in northern India
4. Konkani which is used by about 2 million people in Central India
5. Maithili which is used by about 34 million people in northern India
6. Meiteilon (Manipuri) which is used by about 2 million people in Northeast India
7. Mizo which is used by about 830,000 people in Northeast India
8. Sanskrit which is used by about 20,000 people in India
Google Translate can be used from the web browser or a user can install the app from Google Play Store or Apple App Store. When using text translation, the user has to select the language he/she is typing in and the desired language they want the translation in.
There is also a camera option that one can use to capture an image, scan text or fetch images for translation on the gallery.
Besides these, there is a microphone option that can listen in real-time to give a translation.
The last resort is to transcribe and continuously translate speech.
While the app uses mobile data or Wi-Fi to work, there is also an option to use it offline by downloading a language translation file.
Meanwhile, this move will certainly break the language barrier faced by people speaking different languages and will help in communication.
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