Google Translator Toolkit: A human touch to machines

Google just launched the Google Translator Toolkit, it's an editor that helps translators quickly and easily create Arabic (or 40+ other languages) versions of English web pages.

The Toolkit works by providing the user with a automatically translated version of any page; the translator can then correct and improve the translation, check corrections with Google's online dictionary, and publish new web pages to quickly produce Arabic-language versions of web content.

The translations suggested by the Toolkit will also improve over time, as it learns from translators' improvements.

The Toolkit is integrated into Wikipedia as well as Knol, Google's platform for internet users to write articles on specific subjects. Users can also enter all kinds of web content into the Toolkit and easily publish translated web pages. For some time, one of Google's priorities has been to help promote the creation and translation of more content on the web in Arabic, and the Google Translator Toolkit provides a powerful, simple-to-use way for Arabic speakers to contribute to this effort.