Facebook Launched a New Translation Tool

Facebook has launched a new translation tool that allows people to translate posts and comments directly inline on Facebook pages through Bing Translate. The service makes it easier for users to read any page content regardless of the language it is written in.

If a comment posted on a Page is in a language that is different than the one your Facebook account is set to, a Translate button may show up just below it (beside the existing Like button). Clicking on the button will translate the comment to your account language. After translation, an Original button appears instead, and if you click that it will revert the comment to the original version (and offer the Translation button again).

The Translate button currently only appears to users with their language set to Korean, Japanese, Russian, Taiwanese, and Chinese. The content on Facebook Pages – the posts and their comments – could one day be translated to at least 37 languages, since that’s how many Bing Translator currently supports.