Machine translation is clearly high on the flight plan for the airlines in 2020. A few days after the deployment of the tool Pocketalk with the All Nippon Airwaysand British Airways is about to launch its Bill robotwhich is also equipped with a translation system, American Airlines is now working on foreign languages. Last week, the American carrier launched a new tool based on the interpreter mode technology of theGoogle Assistant.
This initiative, currently limited to Admiral lounge from LAXairport Los Angeles and made official at the CESallows you to translate 29 languages in real time. French is one of the languages offered, along with German, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese, Russian and Vietnamese. American Airlines points out that this technology is part of the personalisation of the service, and will only be used when a member of the multilingual team is not available. " The universal science fiction translator is now a scientific fact "The incorporation of technologies such as Google Assistant's interpreter mode will help us break down barriers, offer a hassle-free travel experience and make travel more accessible to all. "Incorporating technologies such as Google Assistant's interpreter mode will help us break down barriers, offer a hassle-free travel experience and make travel more accessible to everyone".
