Tapping the button near the bottom of the place name translation window immediately opens Google Translate with the two languages just used as a way to continue a conversation with a local who has just given directions, for instance. Along with the place name translation and text-to-speech in Google Maps, the updated version of the app offers a faster switch to Google Translate.
The software detects the default language on the phone to determine if a translation might be needed, so someone with a phone set to Korean won’t see the speaker icon for somewhere in Seoul, as an example. To discover how to pronounce a place name, users just have to press a speaker button next to the name of the place, Google explained in their blog post about the new feature. The new translation feature prompts the Google Maps app to automatically translate and recite out loud the name of a place and its address in the local language.
Google is connecting its Maps and Translate products to help international travelers navigate their way around places where they don’t speak the language.
