Linguists, rejoice! No more standing in front of your Spanish 101 class and accidentally making a very inappropriate statement about groceries because you used Google Translate to help you with your homework.

In a blog post on Tuesday, Google announced an update to its Google Translate app that it estimates could reduce translation errors by more than 55% - 85%.

Previously, Translate used Phrase-Based Machine Translation (PBMT) which translated individual phrases within a sentence, and often produced choppy translations which were difficult to understand.

The new system, Neural Machine Translation (NMT), translates entire sentences at a time, rather than piece by piece.

Converting whole sentences allows the program to produce more fluid, relevant and grammatically correct translations.

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