Google Adds Arabizi/Arabic Translation To Its Input Tools Language Support

Google, along with the rest of the Internet, may be partly responsible for how ubiquitous English has become, but Google is also trying to counterbalance that by making it easier for people to interact in other languages. Among the latest moves, the search giant has created a tool that automatically translates Arabizi -- Roman-character based Arabic language slang -- back into Arabic script.?The focus on Arabic also helps the company in a wider push it is making into the Middle East and North African markets. "Although I do not like writing [in Arabizi] and I would always recommend using the Arabic language directly, some users may not have a keyboard in Arabic...so these tools facilitate the process and maintain Arabic language content," writes?Fayeq Oweis, a director in Google's department of Arabic language and localization, in a blog post announcing the new Arabizi tool. As part of Google's?Input Tools?translation service, unveiled in July, the Arabizi tool?can be used with Google products like search, Gmail and Google+, but also across the rest of the Internet, and even offline.

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