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Google is celebrating Translate\u2019s 20th birthday by launching pronunciation practice, which the company says is one of the most requested features for the product. The feature is only rolling out on Android at the moment for English, Spanish and Hindi in the US and India. If it\u2019s available for you, you\u2019ll see a button at the bottom of the app that says \u201cPractice,\u201d which gives you the option to either \u201cpronounce\u201d what you\u2019ve translated or to \u201clisten\u201d to how it\u2019s actually pronounced by native speakers.<\/p>\n
If you choose the \u201cpronounce\u201d option, Translate will listen to you speak and then use artificial intelligence to analyze how you said the words to provide instance feedback. It will then show you a phonetic spelling of how specific words should be pronounced. In the example Google provided, for instance, the speaker pronounced the Spanish word for juice as \u201cjugo\u201d with the English \u201cj\u201d sound instead of with the Spanish \u201cj\u201d sound. So, Translate spells it out as \u201cHU-go\u201d in its pronunciation suggestion.<\/p>\n
Google said around third of users on mobile use Translate to practice speaking and listening in order to be able to hold real-world conversations, making this new feature a very useful addition. The company also revealed other stats about the app. Apparently, it now supports over 250 languages, including some endangered and indigenous ones, and has over 1 billion monthly user who have been translating over 1 trillion words every month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n