Translations of Scottish Gaelic are now available from Google.
The internet giant has added the language to Google Translate, the open translation website.
The facility works reasonably well though its translation of a simple, common phrase, "seall seo" (look at this), comes out as "this show" while it suggests Uibhist means "south."
Occasionally, some words are treated differently if a capital letter is used.
Single word translations fare far much better than longer paragraphs.
Google says the system will improve over time.
MSP Alasdair Allan welcomed the development.
Mr Allan, who is also the Scottish Government minister responsible for Scotland’s languages, said: “Gaelic is part of our identity and culture and is used every day in communities across Scotland and I welcome Google’s move to make the language more accessible to people around the world.
“The Scottish Government is committed to supporting the teaching of the language and inspiring the next generation of Gaelic speakers.
“Our aim is to increase the numbers learning, speaking and using the language and hope that the Google Gaelic translation tool can make an important contribution towards this.”
Google launches Gaelic translations
18 February 2016