If you frequently have to deal with documents or Web pages which are written in a foreign tongue, then you might appreciate a one-click translation service. Thankfully, I've got two to choose from.

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Decades ago, Star Trek introduced the idea of a “universal translator,” a small baton that let crew members converse with aliens in their native languages simply by flipping a switch. And now we’re ...

Android translation text tools have transformed how we communicate across languages, with built-in features like Google Lens translation enabling instant recognition of text through the camera in over ...

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You don’t need any other apps or websites to translate text on your phone. Image: Adrian Grycuk/Wikimedia Commons/D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can instantly translate text anywhere on your iPhone ...

Apple’s latest iPhone operating system iOS 14 is here now and it brings a really useful translation feature that will make it easier to communicate with people who speak different languages as well as ...

Summer is almost over, but you might still have trips planned for this year. If anything, now might be the best time to travel to avoid the heat. Whether or not the heat or something else is pushing ...

Live Text in iOS and iPadOS 15 is a terrific new feature that makes the text in your photos interactive. You can use it to copy and paste quotes, call phone numbers, find addresses and more. Here’s ...

Many people have experienced awkward tongue moments at least once. Some were staring confused at a contract written in ...

One of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world, Tamil is spoken by over 70 million native speakers within the Indian subcontinent and across the globe. Tamil is an official language in ...