{"id":139167,"date":"2019-05-21T21:27:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T21:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=139167"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:54:49","slug":"google-translatotron-mimics-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-translatotron-mimics-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Translatotron can mimic your voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-139453\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Google_Translate_background_b8ojrt.jpg\" alt=\"Google Translate logo\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Translate<\/strong> is an incredible tool.<\/p>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t had the panache of some of the translating devices, we\u2019ve seen in pop culture sci-fi outings like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/watch\/movie\/star-trek-beyond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Star Trek&#8221; <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/watch\/movie\/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0But it&#8217;s been getting the job done for years. From travelers in foreign lands to high school kids doing their Spanish homework, Google Translate has made it easier to <strong>converse across multiple languages.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, Google\u2019s showpiece translation tool is about to get even better with Google Translatotron. Soon, it could be entering realms of existence that have so far only belonged in our wildest imagination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Translate\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-l,f_auto,dpr_auto\/p\/4ac880d4-96d2-11e6-8690-00163ec9f5fa\/599059122\/google-translate-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Translate<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-translate.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download now \u25ba<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-translate.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<h2>Google Translatotron improves speech-to-speech, mimics user&#8217;s voice<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-139569\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Google_Translate_wggsze.jpg\" alt=\"Google translate\" width=\"700\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speech-to-speech translation<\/strong> is still not a huge thing in today\u2019s world. Google has been trying to push it recently, via its <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/KbDK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home Hub assistant<\/a>, but it hasn\u2019t really caught on with the general public. Most of us are still typing in what we need translating or using Google\u2019s excellent image recognition software to take pictures of text that we want to translate.<\/p>\n<p>The main reason for this is that technology hasn\u2019t quite been good enough, up to now. The way speech-to-speech translation works currently is by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Listening to the spoken words<\/li>\n<li>Transcribing it into text<\/li>\n<li>Translating the text into the target language<\/li>\n<li>Finally, converting it back into speech.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All these steps take time and the end result is a more regular text-based conversion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/speaking-talking-languages-translator-192.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">The best apps to learn a new language<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-best-apps-to-learn-a-new-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Read Now \u25ba<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-best-apps-to-learn-a-new-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ai.googleblog.com\/2019\/05\/introducing-translatotron-end-to-end.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google\u2019s new Translatotron<\/a> is going to change this and will implement true speech-to-speech translation. Translatotron will allow Google to cut out the need to<strong> convert sounds into text<\/strong>, which will save time and remove steps were a translation could go wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The other cool feature that Translatotron gives Google is the ability to make the translated speech <strong>mimic the voice of the original user.<\/strong> You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/google-research.github.io\/lingvo-lab\/translatotron\/#conversational\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some audio samples of this action here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139454\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-139454\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1558412403\/Translatotron_model_architecture_bb2fmx.png\" alt=\"How Google Translatotron works\" width=\"700\" height=\"359\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via: <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.googleblog.com\/2019\/05\/introducing-translatotron-end-to-end.html?m=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Google, the new feature uses a variety of methods to translate directly from voice and then mimic said voice in its recreations. It&#8217;s pretty confusing, but you can find <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.googleblog.com\/2019\/05\/introducing-translatotron-end-to-end.html?m=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the complete explanation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Wrapping up<\/h2>\n<p>It isn\u2019t clear when Translatotron will start to be incorporated into Google Translate. The blog post ends by calling it a &#8220;start point&#8221; for future research on end-to-end speech-to-speech translation systems.<\/p>\n<p>Google sees this as the beginning of something rather than the culmination. It is clear from the audio samples that it is far from a polished feature. Perhaps this is why Google has called it Translatotron, which wouldn\u2019t be out of place in a clunky 1950s era sci-fi outing. 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