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Several media reports reveal that Microsoft Translator has already been incorporated into Skype, allowing for real-time translation into French, Mandarin, and four other languages.
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Now the translator has also been integrated with Cortana, Microsoft's personal digital assistant, on Windows 10.
The Verge reports that users of Microsoft's new operating system will now be able to translate words, phrases, and sentences into almost 40 languages from the desktop.
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To use the feature, Windows 10 users only need to say "hey Cortana, how do you say" followed by the sentence they want to translate, and the language they want to hear it in.
For example, you could say "hey Cortana, translate 'where is the nearest train station’ in French?" to find out how to get a train during your Paris vacation. Translation is also not limited to voice Commands alone — type the same request into the taskbar and Cortana will find a translation into your chosen language.
Previously, Cortana could aid with some translation tasks, but the new feature is more comprehensive, and offers more languages than before, including Bulgarian, Swedish, Korean, Japanese, and Klingon.
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Right now, the feature is only available in the US and Chinese editions of Windows 10, but Microsoft says Cortana's advanced multilingual skills will be added to more versions very soon.