(CNN) -- Technology keeps bringing us closer to a world where people can communicate freely across language barriers. Google on Tuesday announced that its e-mail service, Gmail, soon will include an "automatic translation" feature for all users. "The next time you receive a message in a language other than your own, just click on Translate message in the header at the top of the message," the company writes in a blog post, "and it will be instantly translated into your language." The update will roll out in the next few days. The announcement comes on the heels of another language-related news blip from the Mountain View, California, company. Google said last week that its Google Translate service -- which changes text from one language to another -- handles as much translation work in a day as human translators could manage in a year.
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Gmail adds a feature that can translate emails between languages
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The update is rolling out in coming days
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Users can turn off the feature if they speak other languages
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