Facebook’s ‘Multilingual Composer’ Makes Multi-Languages Posts Easy

Users have gotten around this one-language limitation by doing things like posting a status in one language, then posting translations in comments on it, or by posting multiple statuses in different languages that are limited to specific users.

The social network is testing a new AI-powered tool that allows people to simultaneously post updates in multiple languages. An earlier version of the tool was offered to people and companies operating public Facebook pages earlier this year. Therefore, if a given user’s language setting is French, the posts available for him or her to read will be presented in that language. To play its part in minimizing obstructions to fluent communication, Facebook has introduced Multi-lingual composer, an option that lets you post in multiple languages simultaneously.

As Facebook suggests, you’ll be able to edit the translated text just in case Facebook’s own automated translation feature didn’t quite get the meaning right.

We mentioned that once you post in more than one language, viewers will only see one version of it in their preferred language of communication. The new composer, which will work for all permutations of the 45 languages Facebook now translates, is began to roll out on Friday.

For now, the software, called the “multilingual composer”, is being tested only among a small group of users.

Data gathered from the multilingual composer will train Facebook’s natural-language processing models, the company said, according to The Verge.

This allows the same post to be written in, say, English, Spanish and Arabic, all in a few easy steps.

People use Facebook to communicate and share in many different languages. To do so, they click on “Write post in another language” in gray text located underneath the blue text for the language they selected.

Facebook displays the multilingual post to a user’s native language. Just hit the “Language: Select” drop-down menu and choose your preference. This tool may help people in connecting with their friends who are speaking in different languages. Then bada-bing, bada-boom, the text will be automatically translated. Nevertheless, users still waiting for their style to update can learn foreign languages bit by bit from the comfort of their news feed. In essence, Facebook wants to eliminate any irrelevancies that stem from language barriers.