Google now shows automatic translation in search results for some words
Google will now translate your non-English words or short phrases to English without you asking, directly in the search results.
Barry Schwartz on May 2, 2016 at 9:21 am | Reading time: 1 minute
Alex Chitu spotted that Google is now automatically translating certain foreign language words or phrases into English for some searchers.
You can test it yourself by searching for [buenos días], [buenas noches], [amanecer] and so on.
Here are some screen shots:
It seems to auto-translate for shorter words or phrases, as opposed to longer sentences.
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In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
Barry can be followed on X here and you can learn more about Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.