"We think speech-to-speech translation should be possible and work reasonably well in a few years' time," said Franz Och, Google's head of translation services.

“我们认为对话翻译是可能的并且在未来几年会做的相当好，”Franz Och说，他是Google翻译部门的负责人。

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But we definitely think the services would come in handy in an out-of-country emergency or a situation where a precise translation is required.

不过，我们绝对相信，对于处理国外的紧急状况或者是在要求精准翻译的情况下，这项服务还是派得上用场的。

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You can opt for the translation services of a human being to act as a mediator between you and those with whom you interact.

可以选择翻译服务人员做为您和您的交流对象间的中介。

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The availability of online translation services such as Google Translate has not put a dent in the demand for human services.

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While the market for translating online video in particular makes up a smaller unquantified subset of the larger industry that provides translation services in all contexts, consumption of online videos continues to increase rapidly. 181 million Americans watched 37 billion online videos in April 2012, according to web measurer comScore.

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