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Sep 21, 2020 · Apple's Translate app, introduced in iOS 14, allows iPhone users to quickly translate between languages using text or voice input. With speech output, support for a dozen languages, and a comprehensive built-in dictionary, it's an essential tool for travelers.
- Overview
- Translate text or your voice
- Translate a conversation
- Review words with multiple meanings
- Download languages for offline translation or On-Device Mode
In the Translate app, you can translate text, voice, and conversations into any supported language. You can also download languages to translate entirely on a device, even without an internet connection.
Note: Translation is available for supported languages. See the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website.
1.Open the Translate app on your iPhone.
2.Tap the language you want to translate your selected text to.
To swap languages, tap .
3.Tap one of the following:
•Translate text: Tap “Enter text,” type a phrase (or paste text), then tap Next in the keyboard.
You can also tap Done in the top-left corner of the screen.
iPhone shows the translated text bubbles from both sides of the conversation. Conversations work for downloaded languages when you don’t have an internet connection or when On-Device Mode is turned on.
1.Tap Conversation.
2.Tap one of the following:
•Type text: Tap “Enter text,” type a phrase (or paste text), then tap Done.
•Use your voice: Tap , then say a phrase.
3.Tap to hear the audio translation.
When translating a word that has several meanings, you can choose the one you want. You can also select feminine or masculine translations for words that have grammatical gender variations.
Note: When gender hasn’t been specified, translations automatically default to the gender-neutral form of a word.
1.Open the Translate app on your iPhone.
2.Translate a word or phrase, then tap Next in the keyboard.
3.When available, do any of the following:
•Choose a different meaning: When available, tap the light-colored word to select the intended meaning.
Download languages to translate when you don’t have an internet connection or when On-Device Mode is turned on.
1.Go to Settings > Translate.
2.Do any of the following:
•Tap Downloaded Languages, then tap next to the languages you want to download.
•Turn On-Device Mode on.
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You can select any text to translate in apps such as Safari, Messages, Mail, supported third-party apps, and more. When you enter text on your iPhone, you can even replace what you wrote with a translation. Select the text you want to translate, then tap Translate.
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