Google Chrome Allows Anyone To Read En Español

Spanish is a part of our lives as Latinos, but for many reasons, we don’t all speak, read or write it very well. I would include myself in this category, but for the fact that I studied in Mexico for a school year when I was in college. Had it not been for that experience, my Spanish speaking would have been limited to present and preterite tenses, and my reading of Spanish would remain an arduous and almost painful task.

That’s where Google’s Internet browser, Chrome, steps in to save the day!

Google Chrome can translate an entire web page for you, so that you can read in Spanish, even if you don’t, well, read in Spanish. I use Google Chrome more often than not, I’ve found that it’s faster than Firefox or Explorer, and it’s easier to get the translation. Check out the screenshot below:

All you have to do is press “Translate” and then the page is translated into English. While the translation is not perfect and can be a bit awkward, I’m consistently surprised with how good the translation is, having used online translating tools for about 10 years now. Check out the translated version below:

So, long story short, we want to invite our readers to try to read our Spanish language text, too. Thanks to technology, just because you don’t have an education en español, doesn’t mean you can’t access information in that language.

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