“Globalisation is key in order to obtain business success… translation serves to eliminate language barriers that limit globalisation,” he stated In a 2021 research article, ‘African Languages: A detailed look into the languages of Africa,’ Tirosh documents the place of translation in globalising business.

The offering will also boost global recognition and acceptance of African languages and potentially increase their use.Īccording to Ofer Tirosh, a language and machine translation expert, Yoruba and Igbo are already spoken by close to 50 million people. The additional languages, therefore, seek to expand the usage of the feature, with the overall target being to boost multicultural inclusivity and appeal to a broader audience. Nigerian languages Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba and southern African languages, Sesotho, Xhosa, Zulu and Shona, are part of the newly added languages.Īdditionally, Kinyarwanda, spoken in Rwanda and other parts of East Africa and Chichewa, which is common in Malawi and Zambia, will cater for a wider audience across the continent.Īccording to Google, the offline feature “allows users to download the languages of interest and translate text when an internet connection is unavailable.” This now brings the total number of African languages supported by Google to 12.Īrabic, Swahili and Afrikaans have been supported by the Google Translate offline translation tool since 2018 when Google launched the functionality. Google recently announced the expansion of its offline translation by adding 33 new languages, including nine African languages, to the Google Translate app on iOS and Android. *This article was submitted to TechCabal by bird story agency

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