Google has launched a new version of the “Google Translate” application that offers a new feature based on artificial intelligence “Gemini” to improve the accuracy and quality of translations. According to a report published by the 9to5Google website, the application has begun to gradually make this feature available to iOS users, while it has not yet reached Android users.
The new feature appears within the application in the form of an option to choose the translation model at the top of the interface, where users can switch between two different modes: “Fast” and “Advanced.” Fast mode focuses on speed and efficiency, while Advanced mode aims to provide more accurate and contextual translations thanks to the capabilities of the “Gemini” model. Advanced mode only supports translation between English and French and English and Spanish.
Artificial intelligence is at the heart of Google Translate
To test the effectiveness of the feature, one of the editors used an excerpt from the play “The Abomination” by the French writer Molière. In quick mode, the translation was almost literal but linguistically and contextually inaccurate, while in advanced mode, the translation was more accurate and appropriate to the literary style of the original text, along with smoother linguistic phrasing.
Another test showed that Gemini in Pro mode provided a translation almost identical to what Google Translate’s “Advanced” mode produced, but added literary analysis and interpretive context to the passage, clarifying its relationship to the rest of the theatrical text.
Although using advanced mode requires more time in text processing, the results show that it provides more accurate translations with linguistic and contextual depth.
However, the report warned against relying entirely on artificial intelligence for translation, noting that linguistic models, no matter how accurate, may sometimes produce errors or “linguistic hallucinations” that require human review.
