Chrome Extension Translates Google+ Posts & Comments

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Jennifer Van Grove
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Chrome Extension Translates Google+ Posts & Comments

[img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-64.png" caption="" credit="" alt=""]If communication barriers on Google+ got you down, never fear. Google has released a tool to ensure that updates from its international user base can be easily translated.

Google Translate for Google+, released Monday, is a simple browser extension for Chrome that translates posts and comments into more than 50 languages.

"We've heard from a lot of Google+ users wanting an easier way to understand posts written in other languages. I'm an engineer on Google Translate and thought we could do something about that," writes Google Translate front-end and mobile development lead Josh Estelle in an update on Google+. "Once you've installed the extension, refresh Google+ and you'll see Translate links next to posts and comments. Click the links to instantly see translations."

The addition won't prevent all Google+ updates from getting lost in translation, but it will certainly make it easier for users to chat with others who speak different languages.

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