Thursday, May 26, 2011

Mobile Translation and Its Advantages

Mobile translation is the machine translation services provided in the hand held devices like mobile phones and pocket PC's, etc. Mobile translation helps the hand held device users in instantaneous and non mediated translation of one human language in to the other language. Mobile translation may include a number of useful features like, the user can input text using the device keyboard, they can also use pre existing text. It is also possible to send a translated message, optionally containing the source text as well as the translation.

Advantages of Mobile Translation:

Business:
For a business which operates in different countries, the mobile translation saves lot of time and the money involved in conducting discussions with foreign customers. Mobile translation is relatively cheaper for a business than multilingual call centers which use human translators.

Traveling:
Mobile translation is also very helpful for the people traveling to a foreign country as it helps them to understand the local language and the local cultures.

Foreign Language:
Learning a foreign language through the mobile translation is very easy and this is also very less expensive. Statistics reveal that most college students who use mobile phones to learn a foreign language is cheaper than the students who use PC for the same purpose. Portability of mobile phones makes it convenient for the foreign language learners to study outside the classroom.

Social Networking:
Mobile translation allows the users to chat with their friends at global level. New friends and associates could be made by overcoming the language barrier between the different regions.

The above are the various benefits of mobile translation.

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