Language Translation Tech Starts to Deliver on Its Promise - NYTimes.com

Excerpt from a language recognition/translation snapshot

"Automatic translation of web pages into some major languages is already a feature on Google’s Chrome browser. People using the browser can render a page that is in English into, say Korean. There are also 140 languages in which it is possible to change things like Gmail settings.

It is possible to set your email to languages like Klingon, Pirate and Elmer Fudd. Other options, like Cherokee, are more serious, and Google aspires to eventually have these as full translation languages. Google will also soon announce a service that enables you to hold your phone up to a foreign street sign and create an automatic translation on the screen."

Language Translation Tech Starts to Deliver on Its Promise - NYTimes.com