What is the difference between Transliteration and Translation?
Transliteration is a process of transferring similar-sounding words from one language to another. To give you an example, typing “vintum kanam“ will be transliterated into “വീണ്ടും കാണാം“.
Whereas, translation is a process of converting the written word from one language to another. For E.g. converting text written from English to Malayalam.
How does English to Malayalam translation works?
Our online translation software uses either Google, Microsoft, or Yandex to translate word, sentence, and phrase from English to Malayalam.
Whenever you enter words, sentences, or phrases in English and click on the “Translate” button, our software sends a request to Google, Microsoft, or Yandex for translation.
Their backend system uses some of the cutting edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, Web APIs, Big Data, etc to perform high-quality translations, and send back the response in Malayalam.
All this process just takes a split second.
Can I download this translation software?
At a moment you can only use our Malayalam translator online.
However, you can download and install Google Translation Chrome extension tool on your Google Chrome browser.
With this, you can either translate the entire page you are browsing by clicking the translation icon on the browser toolbar. Or, you can also highlight and right-click the section of the text, and click on the “Translate” icon to get the translation result in a language you have chosen from the dropdown menu.
Why is the translation not accurate?
Our Malayalam translation software uses automated machine-language technology provided by Google or Microsoft. As humans are not involved, in some cases it will miss the context and cultural nuances of the language.
Having said so, our translator is useful for those who need help framing the sentence and get a general idea of what the sentence, or phrase is conveying the message. With little modification, you can get near to perfect translation. We have also embedded Malayalam transliteration, with a help of which you can easily edit, modify or add Malayalam text.
Furthermore, the Google and Microsoft Translation API is evolving every day and as time goes by the translation result is going to be pretty accurate.
Is it FREE?
Yes. Our translator is 100% free.
However, we have few restrictions in place to ensure that robots or automated software are not abusing our service.
At any time you can translate up to a maximum of 1500 characters per request. But you can make unlimited requests provided that you don’t misuse our software.
How can I translate Malayalam text on image or picture?
You can use third-party services, such as Yandex to translate words or sentences embedded in images or graphics.
Alternatively, if you are using a smartphone, you can download the Google Translate app that allows you to translate a picture. For this, you need to give Google Translate access to your camera. Once this is done, you can open the Google Translate app and tap on the Camera icon to translate any text on the picture.