With over 750 million accounts, Facebook users span nearly every country in the world. This large population can cause communication problems because of the number of different languages everyone speaks. Now, according to Inside Facebook, the social media site has started to roll out a translation feature to help bridge the communication gap between users.
The new “Translate” button sits next to the “Like” button and apparently does a good job of translating not only standard words but also slang phrases. The given example shows a translation of the phrase, “Totally cool” from Hebrew to English. After the post has been translated, the button changes to “Original” so users can see the exact text that was originally entered.
