Translate directly from search bar

Google added new function to its search bar to allow translation from English in 9 languages and vise versa. The 9 languages are: French, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinses, Hindi, Italian, Korean and Portugese. That came handy. Type translate followed by a word, or type translate WORD into LANGUAGE. [via Lifehacker]

Entry example: translate 优点

Entry Example: translate good into Chinese

You can perform quiet a few other tasks from the search bar as well:

• Dictionary: type define followed by the word you want to look up, Google will return the definition of the word from couple major sources.

Entry example: define good

• Unit Conversion: type ## INPUT UNIT in OUTPUT UNIT, Google will give the converted unit.

Entry example: 58kg in pounds

• Currency Conversion: type ## CURRENCY in OUTPUT CURRENCY, similar to Unit Conversion, currency conversion convert currency.

Entry example: 10 us dollars in yuan

• Calculation: function similar to excel spread sheets, Google will return the result of function typed in.

Entry example: 1024/2