English Rewind - 6 Minute English: Instant language

📻 Have you ever used an instant translation app? Jen and Neil discuss smartphone translation technology, while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of 6 Minute English. Do translation apps help you improve your English? Tell us in the comments 👇👇👇

Useful vocabulary:
✔️ app - a piece of software with a specific purpose that you can add to your smartphone
✔️ smartphone - a mobile phone which is also a small computer
✔️ in real time - instantly
✔️ server - a central computer which gives information to other computers
✔️ hot on the heels (of something) - very soon after (something)

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of 6 Minute English was first published on the BBC Learning English website in October 2012.

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[bbclearningenglish]

Now this is an interesting topic, technology! If you could create any kind of app to help you with something, what would you create? 🤔Be creative and let us know in the comments!✏😁

[varunv]

BBC'S the best channel for learning vocabularies in English and improve your spoken English skills

[MuthuKumar-fotp]

Thank you for giving this opportunity to BBC 🎉

[gulzhantlek]

That is interesting to have an app which translates in real time .
However, I believe learning language in natural way is much more helpful in order to improve your memory, also to introduce with the culture, mentality and so on .
I love the topics of BBC’s

[ShubhanginiDhanke]

I am new . But I am understanding whatever I hear. Thank you
6:37 P. M.

[saeedehkasraee]

I love this website, BBC, and I hope I can understand whatever they speak one day

[teresasanchezdavila]

I have been studing English and this chanell help me training my ears

[vuonbinhyen]

Thanks a lot BBC learning English. I'm into studying English on your channel.❤

[SSandru-ywui]

That is intresting topic to hear about. In future this technology will break the barriers of the communication, but at the moment it is in the development stage I think thats the reason having some drawbacks in real life applications.

[Cupidcorner]

I just love your podcast ❤️ 😍 damn good.

[marineelire]

If I had created a brand-new app, I would have created something interactivly international and beneficial with the easiest instructions to users for improving our imagination and reaching wishing goals. Probably some data in educational formats or something against procrastination like the 5 seconds rule.

[valeryiarzh]

Look, this show is broadcasting in real time.

[Highqualityoflife]

When I'll speak just like you? Beautiful language

[domyqeq]

Thank y'all for this podcast. I glad to know that my vocabulary is enough for understanding you. But I want to underline the word which you left without attention. This is sweep in the phrase sweep the world. I guess lot's of people know a meaning "to clean something with brush" only. But anyway it is very useful podcast. Thank you very much

[qphhbvr]

❤ Thanks a lot. It is like a time mashine, to drop into more than ten years ago and know ideas about development of the technology.

[xuoisdh]

This is the time when Japan was top of the technology in the world.

[deryayesir]

It was very didactic video. I can't wait watch to other videos.

[cynthiareid]

Hi BBC thanks. I use translation apps nonetheless they are use useful but not accurate.

[nisidon]

The Japanese translation app was far from “understandable” tbh…

Neil: Hello, how are you? Are there good restaurants around here?

Then the app said:

(which translates to “How, actually, around here, is that a good restaurant? Hello.”)
😂😂😂

[ryuuu]

I’m Japanese and when i heard Japanese at 4:21, I thought it felt so weird.😂