Google Translate
2 synonyms for Google Translate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Proper noun — A free machine translation service run by Google that converts text, speech, images and web pages between a large number of languages.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
machine translation
translation tool
How to use Google Translate
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
run it through Google Translate
Google Translate app
according to Google Translate
Capitalised as a brand name. The verb use — 'I Google Translated it' — is informal and disliked in edited writing.
Etymology
A compound of the company name Google and translate.
Full origin of Google Translate →Frequently asked questions
Is Google Translate accurate?
It is generally accurate for gist between major, well-resourced language pairs, and much weaker on idiom, register, humour and less common languages. For anything with legal, medical or reputational consequences it should be checked by a human translator.
What is the difference between Google Translate and a human translator?
Google Translate maps patterns statistically and has no understanding of context, audience or intent, so it produces fluent text that can be confidently wrong. A human translator resolves ambiguity, matches register and adapts cultural references, which is why published and legal work still uses one.
