Twitter itself says on itsblogthat 60% of registered Twitter accounts come from outside the US.
Twitter itself speaks six languages.
But the world speaks so many more.
Tweets may be 140 characters long but the real time information they bring is sometimes deeper in impact.
Thanks to a few Twitter translation tools, you don’t need to take language courses.
Here’s a look at five of these online Twitter translation tools.
Most of the Tweet translation services are mashups of Google Translate.
you’re free to then click it and convert the tweet into English.
The add-on works in your Twitter stream as well as an individual user’s public tweets page.
And English of course.
it’s possible for you to pick a language from the homepage and access with your Twitter credentials.
Your Twitter stream is displayed in the original language and the one you opted for.
The service is in beta.
Twieee also uses Google Translate.
From the dropdown, it gives you 42 languages to choose from.
For example,@tweetrans 2fr your message hereis the standard format.2fris the language code for French.
Tweetrans detects your original language (say, English) and translates it on the fly to French.
The other language codes are given on the site.
You will receive a@Replywith the translation in the specified language within 60 seconds.
Twenglish
Okay, this one is actually not a serious Twitter " translation' tool.
Twenglish is for those who like to tweet like Twirds.
You will get the purpose of this Twitter fun tool from the screenshot.
I hope you get why it’s a “twool that lets you tweet like a twird”.
That’s a small step towards living amicably in a global village - one tweet at a time.
Tweet in and let us know if you find these Twitter language services helpful.
And maybe you know a few other similar services that we missed?
