Yelp has integrated Microsoft’s Bing Translator into its iOS app

Yelp users traveling overseas may come across language barriers when reading local reviews. But the popular app is now making it easier to experience the platform, with an automatic translator powered by Bing. Bing Translator will bring 15 languages to the site, including Spanish, French, Italian, English, Swedish and Japanese. When the user clicks on a single review or on a group of reviews written in a different language, a button gives him the option of translating the text to his or her specified language. The new feature is only available on the iPhone app for now, but should be launched for Android in the upcoming months. “The feature is most useful and relevant for travelers on the go,” a Yelp spokesperson toldMashable. “We hope to add support for machine translation on desktop at some point, but don’t have a specific timeline.”