Google Translate users will soon be able to make an important decision before employing the app

Google has been busy improving its Translate app similar to how it made Google Messages and Google Maps more useful than one could ever imagine. Google accomplished this by adding many new capabilities to these apps. Now it would appear that the next app to get the Swiss Army Knife treatment from Google will be Google Translate. The app translates one trillion words every month, according to Google, and last month we told you that the app has started helping users learn a new language. This would seem to be right in Google Translates’ wheelhouse.

Google Translate now has two translation models users can choose from.

Two new experimental buttons that say “Understand” and “Ask” were also added recently to Google Translate. The former is the grammar example of a math question where the teacher tells the students to show their work. With the “Understand” button, the Translate app shows the reasoning behind a specific translation. In other words, the app will show “how and why certain words or phrases were interpreted and translated.”

With the “Ask” button, the user can ask Google Translate for a customized or improved translation. Some of the requests made by users would include:

On the other hand, you would choose “Fast” when you need something translated quickly. Users will select the model they want by tapping on the aforementioned pill-shaped button. This look and process is similar to how users of the Gemini app can select the model they want to use with the chatbox.

When to use “Fast” and when to use “Accurate”

The “Fast” translation model might come in handy when you’re on the road and need a street sign translated, or when you’re looking over a menu printed in a foreign language and the toe-tapping waiter looks as though he wanted your order 10 minutes ago. The “Advanced” translation model would come in handy if you were given documents in a foreign language that your boss wants you to read and understand perfectly. It is uncertain whether Google will charge for the ability to use the “Advanced” or “Fast” models for the Google Translate app.

Another reason why you might consider using the “Faster” model would be a discovery that you made that Google Translate was too slow performing a particular translation task using a certain language. You might choose “Accurate” when you’ve discovered that using the app to translate certain languages or text resulted in translations that were not correct

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