Microsoft Translator is excited to announce the launch of Telugu, our latest AI-powered text translation language.
The launch of Telugu was officially announced at Interspeech 2018 in Hyderabad, India. Hyderabad is the capital of the Indian state of Telangana where Telugu is the primary spoken language. Worldwide, over 80 million people speak Telugu.
Telugu is Translator’s fifth supported language from the Indian subcontinent.
Telugu is now available on all Microsoft Translator apps, add-ins, Office, Translator for Bing, and through the Azure Cognitive Services Translator API for businesses and developers.
Learn how to start communicating to and from Telugu through our apps and add-ins below. Click to view our complete list of over 60 text translation languages – including other Indian subcontinent languages such as Bangla, Hindi, Tamil, and Urdu – and our ten speech translation languages.
Available on Android, iOS, Kindle Fire, and Windows 10 devices, the Microsoft Translator app supports the following use cases.
Text translation. Type or paste text and translate it in over 60 text translation languages.
Translate websites on Safari using the Microsoft Translator browser extension for iOS. When you download the Translator app on iOS, you automatically have access to the Safari translation add-in. Open safari, tap Settings, and choose your Safari Translation Language. After choosing your language, open any localized website in Safari, tap the Share button, and the Microsoft Translator icon to translate the web content.
Translate text directly in other apps using the contextual text translation extension for Android. There’s no need to switch to the Translator app to translate text in Android. If you have the Translator app downloaded onto your device, this feature will automatically translate text within other apps where the “Share” feature is available. Simply highlight the text, tap the Share button, and tap the Microsoft Translator icon to see the translation.
Download the app on Android, iOS, Kindle Fire, or Windows 10.
PowerPoint users can now display live, translated subtitles in Telugu by speaking in one of the 10 supported speech translation languages. Presentation Translator for PowerPoint gives audience members the opportunity to follow along on their own device, in their chosen text language. Download and learn more.
Translate email messages to and from Telugu across devices using an Outlook.com or Office365 email address. Read our blog for a complete list of features, and download the add-in here.
Translate web pages from or to Telugu across over 60 other languages using the Microsoft Edge Translator extension. Download the extension here.
Translate entire Word documents into over 60 text translation languages by selecting the “translate” icon from the “review” tab of the ribbon. The translated text will show up in a new Word document and will maintain its original formatting, including tracked changes and comments! Learn how to start using Translator for Microsoft Word.
Translate text and entire websites into Telugu directly in your browser with Translator for Bing.
The Microsoft Translator API helps integrate translation support for any solution across all sectors from manufacturing, retail, gaming, education, financial services, government services, and many more.
Part of Azure Cognitive Services, the Microsoft Translator API is used by businesses worldwide for web localization and e-commerce, live and remote communication, readiness and training, customer support, and business intelligence.
To learn more about Microsoft Translator for business, visit the Microsoft Translator business site.
* Telugu speech to text not yet available.