Google Translate profile

The consumer tool supports Google's wider ecosystem; paid developer services are separate.

Alphabet Inc.: USD 402.84 billion revenue in the year ended 2025-12-31. Net income: USD 132.17 billion. Group/company figures.

32.81% net margin for the year ended 2025-12-31: reported net income divided by revenue.

Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL), 2026-10-16 snapshot: USD 340.59 per share. Market capitalisation: USD 4.17T.

Translation strengthens Google’s wider ecosystem and developer services by making information and communication more accessible.

• LP

  Larry Page

  A Google co-founder. Super-voting Class B shares give him voting influence that differs from ordinary economic ownership.

  Voting power

  27.4%

  Disclosure as of

  6 April 2026

  Total voting power, not total economic ownership.

  Sources (1)

  • Alphabet Inc. — proxy ownership tablePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
• SB

  Sergey Brin

  A Google co-founder with super-voting Class B shares. Voting power is not the same percentage as total economic equity.

  Voting power

  25.3%

  Disclosure as of

  6 April 2026

  Total voting power, not total economic ownership.

  Sources (1)

  • Alphabet Inc. — proxy ownership tablePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
• B

  BlackRock

  An investment-management group reporting voting or investment authority over shares held through managed portfolios. The position is not all the manager’s own economic wealth.

  Share-class percentage — Class A

  6.1%

  Voting power

  2.5%

  Disclosure as of

  6 April 2026

  6.1% is Class A only, not all economic equity. The proxy cites an older 2024 filing.

  Sources (1)

  • Alphabet Inc. — proxy ownership tablePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026

Google Translate uses machine translation, speech recognition and Gemini-based capabilities. Live translation supports more natural spoken exchanges in supported languages.

Google develops the translation and speech models behind the service.

Typed text, speech and camera input provide different material for translation; downloaded-language use offers another workflow.

Product feedback and model evaluation support improvements; the original words remain important context for interpreting a translation.

Use text, voice or downloaded language options according to the task, and seek a qualified translator when exact legal or clinical wording is essential.

15/25 points

Translation makes communication accessible, with performance varying by language, context and task.

15/25 points

Typed text, speech and camera input provide different material for translation; downloaded-language use offers another workflow.

15/25 points

Fluent wording can miss tone or specialist meaning. Live conversation and formal document translation have different accuracy demands.

20/25 points

Use text, voice or downloaded language options according to the task, and seek a qualified translator when exact legal or clinical wording is essential.

Comparison priority: the language, setting and consequences of the conversation. A fast travel exchange and an exact formal document require different kinds of assurance.

Understanding a sign or being understood in conversation supplies an immediate practical reward.

Travel, work and unfamiliar words create natural recurring cues.

Camera, voice and live translation reduce the need to type or find a human intermediary.

A successful exchange with another person reinforces trust in the tool.

A live conversation or journey makes speed genuinely valuable, sometimes before there is time to inspect wording closely.