Google now shows automatic translation in search results for some words

Google will now translate your non-English words or short phrases to English without you asking, directly in the search results.

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Alex Chitu spotted that Google is now automatically translating certain foreign language words or phrases into English for some searchers.

You can test it yourself by searching for [buenos días], [buenas noches], [amanecer] and so on.

Here are some screen shots:

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It seems to auto-translate for shorter words or phrases, as opposed to longer sentences.


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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