p2pnet.net News:- Yahoo is about to launch a beta version of a service that translates German search queries into English and French and returns results from around the globe in German, says CNET News.

As things stand, searchers need to know the exact word or phrase in a foreign language to get that are applicable beyond what’s available in their own language but, “Yahoo Search Translator, available at Yahoo’s German search site, makes it possible for people to search knowing only their own language,” says the story.

The test site includes a search option that turns on the machine-based technology that performs the translations on the fly, says CNET, adding:

“The next language Yahoo will tackle is French, followed by additional languages in Europe and Asia in the coming year”.

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CNET News – Parlez vous Deutsche?, July 14, 2005

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