You can now speak to Google Translate and have it translate your input in real time to another language, the company said Tuesday. Google also introduced a language learning experience powered by ...

The first is a basic translation of several cells in Excel, while the second example shows you how to use the TRANSLATE function dynamically with a drop-down list.

From business meetings to banter, Google’s new speech translator has its strengths and weaknesses, says Oliver Barham at Locaria. But does this spell the end of learning foreign languages?