Microsoft Translator updated for Windows Phone 8

The excellent Translator app from Microsoft has been updated for Windows Phone 8.

The new version adds camera translation:

Use your camera to translate printed text, voice recognition to translate spoken text, or the keyboard to enter text that you want to translate.

Use your phone's camera to make translating signs, menus, newspapers, or any printed text a snap. Just aim the camera at the text and see the translation in seconds. 

Download languages and phrase books so you can translate text and images when your phone isn't connected to a network. 

Speak a word or phrase that you want translated and hear the translations spoken in a native speaker's accent. Voice translations require a network connection. 

Improve your vocabulary with the Word of the Day on the Start screen.

Get the free app here. It, of course, works on WP7.x as well.

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