"Do you know? Google Translation has withdrawn from China!" When I told my friends like this, I only received their disgusting gaze: "This is the old news from two weeks ago, how did you know?"
I smiled and covered up my embarrassment. As a person who often needs translation functions, it is indeed unreasonable to even know such a "big head in the industry" to exit the market.
Nowadays, Google translated web pages can only jump to the Google homepage; the Chrome browser developed by Google has cancelled the translation function; the Google Translate app is completely unable to be used online.
even cannot translate one Apple
Google officially stated that the translation function exited China because of "low usage rate" - this explains why I realized this later.
After all, I have more and better choices.
The Google feature used to be, and now the standard
is the whole nation. Which one has never used Google Translate to learn English? Many years ago, I was also a loyal user of Google Translate. I was also shocked by its function of translating menus and street signs through the camera.
Now think about it, in addition to photo translation, Google Translation’s dialogue translation and accuracy were also the reason why I chose it back then. That's right, back then. Because these highlights that touched me have long become the standard configuration of translation apps.
Now, the translation app I often use includes NetEase Youdao Dictionary, Tencent Translation Jun and iPhone’s translation app are also occasionally used. Tencent Translation mainly uses mini programs, which is convenient for chatting on WeChat. The translation provided by iPhone is mainly used for word translation.
Here, we mainly use NetEase Youdao Dictionary to show the charm of the current translation app.
More playful photo translation
First of all, Google's photo translation function. Just open the camera in the app to recognize the foreign language appearing on the screen and translate it. You can also select picture translation from the album, which is convenient and practical.
This function can also be realized through NetEase Youdao Dictionary .
If it is just that, it won’t make me give up Google Translation, but NetEase Youdao Dictionary’s “photo translation” is a big deal.
shoots a page of English, and the app will box to select all words and mark the key words.
Click any word to check the definition and pronunciation, or go further, check the detailed interpretation and example sentences of words in professional authorized dictionaries such as "Oxford Dictionary", "Collins Bilingual Dictionary", and "Weil's International English Dictionary", and record your study notes.
When reading English, in most cases I just don’t recognize a few words. NetEase Youdao Dictionary can also transform into a "dictionary pen". Without the full text translation, if you don’t recognize a word, you can know the meaning by pointing the camera at it.
Even if you take a photo and translate the text in the picture, you can complete the translation work more efficiently and accurately by smearing, picking words, etc.
Some people translate to know the meaning, while others are to learn and improve. Sometimes I just need to know the meaning of a word on the roadside, and sometimes I need to find the sentence I need in the wrinkled pages. These functions of Youdao Dictionary are not forcing different needs to be created, but are the result of continuous improvement and iteration after integrating everyone's usage scenarios.
Google Translate does solve the basic photo translation scenario, but it is only suitable for content translation on a flat interface. When you see the text translated on the mobile phone screen constantly jumping and changing, and the accurate meaning cannot be displayed, you will know how clever the design of NetEase Youdao Dictionary to smear words.
Of course, you can also use Tencent Translation Mini Program to implement it, which is also very useful.
has a more "dialogue" dialogue translation
In addition to taking photos and translating, I also use Google's dialogue function very often. Click on the "microphone" in the middle of the homepage to realize dialogue translation. Google provides dialogue translation in more than 70 languages, and in terms of language support, Google does have the style of an international manufacturer.
However, there is a problem with Google's dialogue function, that is, the recognition rate. When using bilingual translation, although it can listen to both languages at the same time, it seems to be unable to tell where to stop recognizing, and the reaction is always half a beat slow.
plus the interface is more traditional (or old), so I can't find what I said when translating with each other. For comparison, both foreign manufacturers, Apple's translation apps know that when talking, they can distinguish the person they speak through dialogue.
Apple Translation (right) will use the interface to prompt the interlocutor
. The dialogue translation of NetEase Youdao Dictionary will make you deeply feel what excellent localization is.
Youdao Dictionary will also list both parties of the conversation on both sides of the interface, just like a chat software, which is convenient for users to view and the historical information is also clear at a glance. In addition to the old translation interface, Google Translator's dialogue history also disappeared on the Internet like real dialogue. I don't know if the sentence "What did you just say" is the sentence that Google translates the most.
Generally speaking, the dialogue translation function of Youdao Dictionary is more in line with the logic of "dialogue".
Last year, the dialogue translation function of Youdao Dictionary only supported more than 40 languages and language branches such as Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and Cantonese classical Chinese. There are 65 types now. If it is direct translation, it has reached 109 types. "The style of an international major manufacturer" has both principles and conditions.
At the same time, Youdao can also realize automatic detection of 11 languages and language branches such as Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Russian, German, Spanish, Guangdong, Vietnam, and Thailand. If you translate these languages, you don’t need to switch buttons, just click the microphone below to have a conversation directly.
Chinese and English can automatically recognize
Urdu (small language) you need to click the corresponding key
In addition, as a comprehensive English learning app, Youdao Dictionary also supports more operations in dialogue translation, editing, collection, sharing, and copying. Even for dialogue translation, NetEase hopes that you can learn more.
has a dull interface and slow speed (of course it is no longer available now), Google Translate does need to go further.
Translate Chinese, and people who understand Chinese better
Of course, a good-looking skin must have a delicate soul, and the most important thing in translation is accuracy and professionalism. In fact, friends who often perform multilingual translation should also know that perhaps it is because of the profoundness of Chinese, which makes Google, a professional translation professional, famous in the field of "China and Foreign" in a very short and wide manner.
can be used to translate several apps in daily life. If you want to compare their differences, you have to start from some special occasions. Here, I will use a few simple examples to see their strength.
First of all, it is the most common Chinese-English mixture in the office, such as "This case is very important, come and follow."
I first tried the dialogue translation function of three translation software. I have to say that Apple’s translation is really outrageous. Even if I say it slowly, it cannot be correctly identified. Both NetEase Youdao Dictionary and Google Translate can be accurately identified.
Fortunately, after manually typing, Apple Translation finally came up with the correct answer.
is the second one. Today is "YYDS" and tomorrow is "Absolute Son". We do not judge the right or wrong of these statements, but at least when encountering them, we must have a way to translate and communicate.
The two pictures above are Youdao Netease Dictionary, Apple Translation and Google Translation. The translation results are obvious. It has to be said that in this regard, Chinese translation depends on people who understand Chinese - not only understand Chinese, but also the Chinese Internet.
Finally, it is the most special professional vocabulary, such as "continus fever". This is a common clinical fever symptom, which refers to the rise in body temperature and is maintained at a high level of 39℃~40℃, and reaches several days or weeks. The Chinese special noun is "号号号号号号号号".
We tried to translate this word using several translation software. Only NetEase Youdao Dictionary made the most accurate translation, and the result of other translation apps was "continuous fever".
Use the desktop to facilitate screenshot display of
Of course, the above examples are just the tip of the iceberg of daily translation. The particularity of Chinese makes translation not only look at the original intention. "Oil pipe" can be an oil pipe or a streaming website. "Tear-resistant" can be used to evaluate fabrics, or praise teammates' operations.
is more likely to believe in Youdao NetEase Dictionary - after all, it is very useful.
Youdao's network definition solves many problems
From mobile app to desktop, translation also has "productivity"
I completely gave up Google Translation. In fact, this is the case this year, because Google Translation is more convenient on desktop. But in the middle of this year, NetEase officially launched the desktop translation software NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9, from document translation, image translation, to audio translation, and web translation, it is professional enough and easy to use.
On the computer, there are two most commonly used translation scenarios, one is web page translation and the other is document translation. Generally speaking, web page translation relies on the translation plug-in that comes with the Chrome browser, while document translation relies on copy and paste. And these two scenarios, NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9 has good solutions.
is first of all, web page translation. When you encounter words you don’t know occasionally, just put mouse pointer on the word, and the Youdao dictionary will show the meaning, and there is almost no delay in the experience.
If you encounter a large paragraph of text that you can't understand, you can also use shortcut keys to translate it. In addition to regular copying and sharing, you can also nail the translated text to the screen for easy comparison and learning.
At the same time, NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9 also provides a rich offline database. If you are a student, or like me, you need to go out to work frequently, download offline voice packages and you can learn to work without using the Internet. The experience of
reminds me of the era when traffic is still very precious. The days when I used Youdao Dictionary app to memorize words, offline resource packages are really my favorite feature.
Note that the above functions are different from the translation functions of Google Translation or Chrome browser. They are not limited to the browser. You can take words, screenshots, translate, and share them anywhere in the system, greatly increasing the usage scenarios of the translation function.
In order to synchronize information from multiple devices, I am a heavy user of Safari browser. Youdao Dictionary 9 has helped me get rid of the constraints of Chrome browser and work more freely. I even dare to completely set the system to English, and I don’t worry about not being able to understand the system prompts when there are device abnormalities - after all, I have a globally available translation assistant like Youdao Dictionary.
Local documents can also be translated
Although I have graduated for many years, I occasionally have the need to read papers due to my work. NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9’s experience in the reading of papers can be described in four words, which is "exceeding expectations".
First of all, NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9 actually cooperated with top institutions such as ReadPaper and Aminer, and built-in paper search function, covering more than 40 professional fields, 300 million literature materials, and supporting a variety of search methods.
NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9 Not only can you search and read, but you can also download and read directly. What surprised me the most is translation - just drag the document into the software, and you can complete the content translation while retaining the original layout, which is very convenient for finding and viewing. The essay correction function in
mobile app has also been added to the desktop, which can intelligently identify and modify 200 common common errors, and academic communication does not require much effort.
The most important thing is that as long as the identity of a college student is verified, the paper translation function can be used without limiting the number of words. As a graduate, I am really envious.
Scan the QR code in the lower left corner to verify
NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9 maintains the consistent accuracy of Youdao Dictionary translation. The inclusion of professional copyright dictionaries such as Oxford and Wei style, and mutual translation in more than 100 languages are standard operations. Based on the accuracy of Youdao neural network translation, let alone, let's put two translation comparisons here, and everyone can judge for yourself:
suddenly found that the experience part on the desktop completely forgot to compare the functions of Google Translation. But after seeing this, do you think you still need to compare?
From my personal experience, NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9 does not have the wide-spread function like the mobile translation app, but instead grasps the two major pain points of desktop translation: page translation and academic translation. Whether it is students or office workers, NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9 is indeed a desktop translation tool.
If you log in to the web page of NetEase Youdao Dictionary, you will see the slightly arrogant slogan "The most powerful desktop translation software in history". What are you doing? They are indeed.
"low usage rate", Google is honest and does not deceive me
In June this year, Kindle announced its withdrawal from the mainland market. Amid the regrets of old users, what we hear is more of the voice of "I have long used domestic readers."
Back to the translation app, as early as 2020, Youdao Dictionary officially announced that its users exceeded 500 million. In the same year, data from a third-party research agency iResearch showed that Youdao Dictionary has a market share of more than 70% in the dictionary translation app, and now it has more than 900 million cumulative users and has more than 100 million monthly active users - it’s not that no one uses translation apps, but everyone has chosen the better one.
Google exited the Chinese market on the grounds of "low usage". I believe it.
Whether it is from translation accuracy and speed that experience professional translation skills, or operations such as word translation and paper comparison that conform to the usage habits of Chinese people, you can see the biggest feature of NetEase Youdao Dictionary: you understand Chinese people. Taking the paper translation of NetEase Youdao Dictionary 9 as an example, from search and translation to writing modification, it can be said to be a one-stop solution to the translation needs of academic scenarios. Only domestic translation apps can get such a localized experience.
Is it a pity for Google Translation to exit the Chinese market? I feel a pity because I hope to see Google Translate come up with better translation solutions in the "involved" of the translation app, which will give us a better experience. So is Google Translator regretting withdrawing from the Chinese market? I don't regret it.
Whether it is NetEase Youdao Dictionary or other translation apps, they are using higher quality and more friendly and efficient communication with users, providing us with a more convenient, more diverse and more scenario-compatible translation experience.
Regardless of whether Google Translate exits the Chinese market or not, the translation needs of Chinese users have better choices.
