Google announced a major upgrade for Google Translate. I am personally very impressed.
The new features include:
- New layout
- Instant translation
- Shows reading phonetically in English
- Speaks English translation for you (i.e. text to speech)
- Type phonetically also
Here is a video demonstrating the new features:
There are both compliments and anger about the change in the Google Translate Group.
Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and Google Translate Group.

Comments:
Rene
11/17/2009 11:10 pm
I vote for the new "Instant translation" method. It is much faster to translate, while I'm chatting with an online friend who have a different language.