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Persian added to Google translation
12:46pm Friday 19th June 2009
Search website Google.com has added Persian (Farsi) to its Google Translate service.
It allows opposition groups within Iran to communicate more widely with the outside world through internet and social networking sites in Persian.
A Google spokesman said: “We feel that launching Persian is particularly important now, given ongoing events in Iran.
”Google Translate is one more tool that Persian speakers can use to communicate directly to the world and vice-versa.”
According to the website Technorati.com in 2005, Farsi tied with French as the second most blogged-in language after English.
By Nicolas Niarchos
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