Google announced a major upgrade for Google Translate. I am personally very impressed.
The new features include:
New layoutInstant translationShows reading phonetically in EnglishSpeaks English translation for you (i.e. text to speech)Type phonetically also
Here is a video demonstrating the new features:
There are both compliments and anger about the change in the Google Translate Group.
Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and Google Translate Group.