Folks in Microsoft just launched a new translator agent for Window Live Messenger that allow users to perform languages translation on the fly. WLM users are now capable of chatting with friends anywhere around the globe that only speaks their mother tougue.
TBot, the WLM robot translator provides machine translations to WLM buddies. It is a part of the services offered by http://translator.live.com. TBot might not have the human translation skills but enough to break the barriers of communication.
If you would like to communicate with the new translator bot, just simply add mtbot@hotmail.com to your contact list and start chatting.
Here’s 2 ways you can use TBot:
- One on one conversations with the bot where it will respond with the translation. That means, hit enter after typing in a language and TBot will replied with a translated version of your choice.
- Invite a friend and each chat in a different language with TBot assisting in translation.
As far as this article has been written, TBot is able to translate English to/from Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. TBot can handle translation between Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional too.
Have fun!
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Posted by Kay in Web Tricks , at 09.17.08 |
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Comments
dev September 17th, 2008
i not using instant messenger already, is the translate accurate?
ReplyKay September 17th, 2008
The translation is not that accurate but enough to break the barriers of communication.
ReplyDanno September 17th, 2008
Neat. I’d use it in a pinch.
ReplySlipper September 17th, 2008
Just tried in Japanese, not sure whether accurate or not. Suddenly wish to make some Japanese friends with this little tool.
ReplyPenangTuaPui September 18th, 2008
my company use to have the acronyms traslater too… we use a lot of short form… like HVM, PTR…
this is very useful to me when i visit the japanese comic site, Thanks
ReplyDevicepedia September 18th, 2008
This is really a nice thing. It will help me a lot, coz I have some foreign friends.
Replyワット・衣魚 September 18th, 2008
I looked for Japan translation but sometimes it is wrong.
Dont use this kind of tools to talk Japanese. you will fail.
どうぞ よろしくお願いします。 じゃ またね。。。
Reply日本大好き。。。 日本一番。。。
Hashem Mohammad September 19th, 2008
1 :)
Replylitto thomas September 19th, 2008
Lots of comments says that it is wrong, it is not accurate.My opinion is all language translator are not 100% accurate.
ReplyFlo October 12th, 2008
How do you change the language from english to chinese?
ReplyKay October 12th, 2008
@Flo, just add mtbot@hotmail.com to your contact list and start chatting.
Replypatricio March 6th, 2009
This tools is great, but, somehow, does not translate arabic very well, i can say…65% or so
ReplyBut in japanese, IT is totally useless, my japanese mate does not understand a word… :^( But , it useful when i need some arabic translations,it better than those plugin for msn…
Mitch April 16th, 2009
how do you change the translation language on mtbot@hotmail.com
ReplyYolanda May 28th, 2009
How do you change the language from Spanish to English ?
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