{"id":4149,"date":"2017-12-12T07:51:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T07:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2017-12-12T07:52:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T07:52:23","slug":"facebook-ai-based-translation-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/facebook-ai-based-translation-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s AI-Based Translation Tool is All Set to Transcend Linguistic Barriers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFacebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission \u2013 to make the world more open and connected.\u201d \u2013 Mark Zuckerberg \u2013 Co-founder & CEO – Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Facebook is the world\u2019s most popular social media network. As of September 30th<\/sup>, 2017, Facebook reported 2.07 billion monthly active users. This is a phenomenal achievement as currently no other company can even dream of boasting a more staggering user base.It is single-handedly responsible for changing the way we interact with our loved ones. Facebook has also changed the very definition of \u201cFriend\u201d as \u201cTo friend\u201d is now a verb and although \u201cshare\u201d and \u201clike\u201d are used in the same literal sense, Facebook has brought an entirely new weight to the terms.<\/p>\n

As the Facebook community grew exponentially over the years, you must have encountered several posts in your Facebook life that were foreign to you. However when such a post appears on your news feed, what do you do? You simply tap a button and translate it to your language. However, akin to a plethora of other online translation services, Facebook\u2019s translation service previously came with a caveat: it didn\u2019t always make sense. After all, creating highly accurate, seamless translations for some 2 billion audience is a tough nut to crack, especially when it comes to accounting for intent, abbreviations, typos, slang, and context simultaneously! However, when Facebook decided to up their game and bring in the power of neural networks, they might have revamped the translations arena a whole notch up!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an example to prove the power of translations for Facebook audience: Italy drew level with Sweden 0-0 on 13th<\/sup> November, 2017 and that was enough for them to miss the football world cup in 2018 for the first time in 60 years. This generated lots of negative reaction from people all over the world on the social media. Facebook and Twitter were abuzz with angry fans asking to sack the big names who failed to qualify for the FIFA\u2019s flagship tournament. Fans across the globe were able to exchange views on this issue and transcend all language barriers, thanks to Facebook translation.<\/p>\n

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