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November 20, 2009 8:00 AM PST

Brizzly opens up...and translates

by Caroline McCarthy
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An example of Brizzly's new tweet translation.

(Credit: Brizzly)

Web-based Twitter client Brizzly made a dual announcement Friday: first, it's opened up into a full public beta mode (previously, an invite code was required); and second, it can now translate tweets into your default language on the site.

To translate a tweet in Brizzly--which already expands links, videos, and photos posted to Twitter, creating a more visual experience--you can click on a question mark for an instant translation. This is interesting, as Twitter has made its first moves recently in launching translated versions of the service (starting with Spanish), meaning that there will potentially be many more non-English tweets flowing through the system. It uses Google Translate, so needless to say, it's not totally perfect.

Brizzly added Facebook Connect support last month.

Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.
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by rjb227s November 20, 2009 9:37 AM PST
Twaitter.com has always had translation and lets you translate tweets into any of 40 languages as you type your tweets and you can translate back into any of 40 languages when reading.<br /><br />Just pointing this out because your article reads as if that feature is something new. Its been around for over a year.<br /><br />http://www.twaitter.com
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by nataliev39 November 24, 2009 12:48 PM PST
I think that this feature is really great. It excites me because I am going to be living in Italy for the next few months and this will make it so much easier to communicate with the people that I meet while abroad. This will also help people learn other languages, I think. If we can see what the other language is and then see it translated into English, or whatever language we prefer, we will become more accustom to the way they write and speak.
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