Google Lens is a powerful tool that is helpful in finding image information of a device you come across while shopping. Here is how you can enable it right now in the Chrome browser. The context menu item “ Translate text in image with Google” appears automatically for images while a page is translated. This results in the Side panel using Google Lens displaying the whole image in a foreign language page in English. That helps the translation appear like it’s replacing the original text rather than superimposing it on top.Google Chrome gets the ability to translate text in images from the right-click menu through a new context menu item. Although Lens has been able to translate images on mobile for years, the latest version that debuted last year uses the same tech powering the company’s Magic Eraser, which debuted on the Pixel 6 but is now available on older Pixels and Google One.

“Lens translate” branding below the result indicates that it uses the same generative adversarial networks (GAN) powering AR Translate for Google Lens. In addition, it lists 113 available source languages (and it can automatically detect them) and 133 destination languages. The web interface includes options to copy the text, download the translated image or clear it. After uploading a photo or screenshot from your computer, a translation appears that (in most cases) should look about as seamless as the original text.

You’ll find the option on the Google Translate website, where you'll see a new Images tab at the top. It uses the same tech as the AR Translate tool for Google Lens, which performs real-time translations on smartphones. Google Translate on the web can now convert text from images.

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