Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Google Assistant’s interpreter mode translates 27 languages”.
Good evening, how may I assist you ( speaking, foreign language )? Oh, I apologize. Okay Google. ( device, chiming ) Chinese interpreter., ( device, chiming ) Ready when you are., (, *music, ), Hey it’s Shannon with The Verge and we’re here to check out Google Assistant’s new Interpreter Mode, which can translate 27 languages in real time.. This could be a real game changer for concierges or anyone who wants to speak to somebody else who doesn’t share the same language if it works., Luckily we’re here at the concierge desk. So let’s check it: out. [ Assistant, ], Okay, let’s start. ( device, chiming ).
How may I assist you, ( device, chiming, ), ( speaking, foreign language, ), ( device, chiming ), ( speaking, foreign language, ), ( device, chiming, ), [ Assistant, ], Hello. I want to find the flow field and restaurant here. ( device, chiming ) Restaurant ( device, chiming ), ( speaking, foreign language, ), Uh, –, ( device, chiming ), ( speaking, foreign language, ), ( device, chiming, ), ( speaking, foreign language, ), ( device, chiming ). I’M sorry I don’t understand.
( speaking foreign language, ) ( device, chiming ), [ Assistant ]. I want to find a restaurant here to eat some food. ( device, chiming ). What type of cuisine would you like to have ( device, chiming, ), ( speaking, foreign language? ) ( device, chiming ), ( speaking, foreign language, ), ( device, chiming, ), [ Assistant ]. I want to eat Western food with steak..
I am a little allergic to sand.. We have a lot of great options here on property.. What time would you like? ( device? Chiming ) ( speaking, foreign language, ), ( device, chiming ), ( speaking, foreign language, ), ( device, chiming ), [ Assistant ] Thank you., ( device, chiming ) Great.
You are confirmed. ( device, chiming ), So we just tried out the Google Assistant Interpreter Mode.. It works pretty well.. You do have to pause a lot to wait for the translation to happen. So if you partially understand the other language, you can’t just interrupt somebody in the middle and say hey. I do know what you’re saying.
Let me just keep talking because then the translation’s interrupted. It doesn’t work.. How may I assist you ( speaking foreign language, ) ( device, chiming ), It’s waiting for it to translate.. Oh sorry, ( laughing ), Sorry It does the boop and there you go..
Sorry. Let me do that again.. Let me do that again., Because you understand. Sorry, sorry, I forgot to pause. And it actually works pretty well.. At one point, it thought I was allergic to sand and not shrimp, which might be problematic for tourists coming by, but for the most part it’s pretty fluid..
I would say the translation has been pretty good.. The new Interpreter Mode will be piloting today at hotel, concierge desks in New York, San Francisco, and here in Las Vegas.. I thought it was pretty funny. Like I was like I’m allergic to sand, and then I don’t know ( laughing ).
How he’s gon na deal with that.? I love sand in my food. Yeah yeah yeah. (, Shannon laughing ) .