Happy April Fool’s From Google: Translate for Animals Now Available for Download!

Google has a sense of humor. Believe it. For years, they have constantly been outdoing themselves when it comes to their April Fool’s Day jokes. Being known to post application requirements for a human settlement on Mars (also known as Virgle) and solving dating problems via search in Google Romance, the guys at Google can definitely dish out some serious funnies.

This year is no exception, because the guys at Google have released a real, downloadable Android app that gives your animal friends a human voice.

The Translate for Animals app caters to a wide variety of animals, from dog, cat rabbit, guinea pig, bird, chicken, hamster, turtle, sheep, horse, pig and donkey. According to the site, Google is not liable for any disappointing conversations you may have with your chosen animals:

“It is not Google’s responsibility if you are offended or disappointed by what your chosen animal may say. Also please note, we do not guarantee stimulating conversation.”

Using the app is very simple. It works. Select the language you want it translated to. Record the animal speaking by stroking its fur gently in order to encourage it to meow, woof, oink or neigh. Wait for it to be processed as it is compared to millions of sounds in the Animal Linguistic Database. After that it will be translated to words. It will also have an audio option if you wish to hear what the animal had to say instead.

The only language option available now is English but in the future, Mongolian, Cantonese, Hindi and Pig-Latin translations will be available.

The fun, silly app is available for download to Android 1.6 devices now. You can grab this amusing app for free so you will be able to make use of your Nexus One to check just what your cat said about lunch.

Check out the hilarious Translate for Animals video at Engadget.