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Google Translate

Silence ends here. This app grants direct access to global voices, transforming every interaction into understanding.

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Key Figures

Downloads

250M+

User Rating

4.0/5

Total Ratings

473.2K

Publisher

Google LLC

Google Translate: Bridging Global Communication Barriers

An analytical overview of essential features empowering seamless linguistic exchange for international users.

Real-time Conversational Translation

The app provides a dedicated conversation mode that translates bilingual exchanges on the fly, facilitating natural and fluid communication between speakers of different languages.

Instant Camera Translation

The app provides instant camera translation, enabling users to effortlessly understand foreign text on signs, menus, and documents by simply pointing their device's camera.

Offline Translation Mode

This tool features robust offline translation capabilities, ensuring communication remains uninterrupted even without an internet connection.

Voice Input and Speech Translation

This tool features speech translation, allowing users to speak into their device and instantly translate spoken words and phrases into another language.

Real-time Transcription

It allows users to continuously transcribe and translate spoken language in near real-time, making it ideal for understanding live discussions or presentations.

Text Input Translation

It allows users to translate text by typing, providing a quick and accurate way to understand written content across numerous languages.

Customizable Phrasebook

The app provides a convenient phrasebook feature, enabling users to star and save important translated words and phrases for quick access and future reference.

Photo Text Translation

It allows users to translate text within existing photos or imported images, offering flexibility for reviewing content at a later time.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Google Translate

Does Google Translate support offline translation?

Yes, Google Translate supports offline translation. Users download language packs to translate text without an internet connection, as indicated by the app's prompt.

How many languages does Google Translate support for translation?

Google Translate supports translation between up to 249 languages. Feature support, such as text, offline, or camera translation, varies by language.

Does Google Translate offer camera translation?

Yes, Google Translate offers instant camera translation. It translates text in images by pointing the camera or by importing photos from a user's library.

Does Google Translate facilitate real-time bilingual conversations?

Yes, Google Translate facilitates real-time bilingual conversations. The app translates spoken words and phrases on the fly, allowing users to communicate across language barriers.

What is the 'Transcribe' feature in Google Translate?

The 'Transcribe' feature in Google Translate continuously translates spoken language in near real-time. It allows users to understand someone speaking a different language instantly.

Can users translate handwritten text with Google Translate?

Yes, users translate handwritten text with Google Translate. The app allows drawing text characters directly instead of typing, which it then translates.

What is the 'Phrasebook' feature in Google Translate?

The 'Phrasebook' feature in Google Translate allows users to star and save translated words and phrases. This provides easy access for future reference and learning.

What permissions does the Google Translate app require?

The Google Translate app requires Microphone permission for speech translation, Camera permission for camera-based text translation, and Photos permission for importing images from a user's library.

Does Google Translate support text input for translation?

Yes, Google Translate supports text input for translation. Users type words or phrases into the app, and it translates them between the selected languages.

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Description

Translate between up to 249 languages. Feature support varies by language: • Text: Translate between languages by typing • Offline: Translate with no internet connection • Instant camera translation: Translate text in images instantly by just pointing your camera • Photos: Translate text in taken or imported photos • Dictation: Translate spoken words and phrases • Conversations: Translate bilingual conversations on the fly • Transcribe: Continuously translate someone speaking a different language in near real-time • Handwriting: Draw text characters instead of typing • Phrasebook: Star and save translated words and phrases for future reference Permissions notice: • Microphone for speech translation • Camera for translating text via the camera • Photos for importing photos from your library Translations between the following languages are supported: Abkhaz, Acehnese, Acholi, Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Alur, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Avar, Awadhi, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Balinese, Baluchi, Bambara, Baoulé, Bashkir, Basque, Batak Karo, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Belarusian, Bemba, Bengali, Betawi, Bhojpuri, Bikol, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Buryat, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chechen, Chichewa, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Chuukese, Chuvash, Corsican, Crimean Tatar (Cyrillic), Crimean Tatar (Latin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dhivehi, Dinka, Dogri, Dombe, Dutch, Dyula, Dzongkha, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Ewe, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Fon, French, French (Canada), Frisian, Friulian, Fulani, Ga, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hakha Chin, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hiligaynon, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Hunsrik, Iban, Icelandic, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Inuktut (Latin), Inuktut (Syllabics), Irish, Italian, Jamaican Patois, Japanese, Javanese, Jingpo, Kalaallisut, Kannada, Kanuri, Kapampangan, Kazakh, Khasi, Khmer, Kiga, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Kituba, Kokborok, Komi, Konkani, Korean, Krio, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latgalian, Latin, Latvian, Ligurian, Limburgish, Lingala, Lithuanian, Lombard, Luganda, Luo, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Madurese, Maithili, Makassar, Malagasy, Malay, Malay (Jawi), Malayalam, Maltese, Mam, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Marshallese, Marwadi, Mauritian Creole, Meadow Mari, Meiteilon (Manipuri), Minang, Mizo, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nahuatl (Eastern Huasteca), Ndau, Ndebele (South), Nepalbhasa (Newari), Nepali, NKo, Norwegian, Nuer, Occitan, Odia (Oriya), Oromo, Ossetian, Pangasinan, Papiamento, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Quechua, Qʼeqchiʼ, Romani, Romanian, Rundi, Russian, Sami (North), Samoan, Sango, Sanskrit, Santali (Latin), Santali (Ol Chiki), Scots Gaelic, Sepedi, Serbian, Sesotho, Seychellois Creole, Shan, Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Susu, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Tahitian, Tajik, Tamazight, Tamazight (Tifinagh), Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Tetum, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Tiv, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswana, Tulu, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Twi, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Venda, Venetian, Vietnamese, Waray, Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa, Yakut, Yiddish, Yoruba, Yucatec Maya, Zapotec, Zulu