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Google Translate

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Many people love Google Translate for its translating abilities but few know that it has a text to speech option as well. This makes it perfect for those who are visually impaired to know what a page says whether it’s 100 words or 400 words. more

by Sharon
2 years ago
Community
Moving to a foreign country is full of surprises and adventures, but more than likely, you're going to need to translate a conversation. Google Translate is the best translation app out there. Whether you want to translate live chats or pictures (which is perfect for menus): this app does it all. more

by John
2 years ago
Community
Google has been proven to be a great option for many things. When you are in Bangladesh, it can help you translate anything from the word 'hello' to the number 100. It will make your trip much easier and more pleasant. I have used it lots of times when I have a client who may not speak English so I understand what they are saying. It's a handy app. more

by Din
1 year ago
Community
The app is so messed up since the last update - it is non usable! Feb 9, 2022

By K Stick

This WAS my go to app. It WAS intuitive and easy to use. Thought it didn't always translate exactly, it was always close enough to understand the translation. Have been using it for 6 years. Now it is unusable. I've tried downloading the old version and installing it so I can continue to work. But the Play Store keeps updating it after a few days. I guess I'm going to have to find a different app to do translate. more
Expert
1. Efficient and effective translations between 103 languages, you can tap to translate, and translate anywhere in 59 languages even when offline
2. 2 great ways to learn: conversation mode (2-way instant translation in 32 languages) and handwriting (draw characters, no keyboard necessary)
3. Take a picture for easy translation with instant camera translation in 38 languages and camera mode in 37 languages
more
Aug 4, 2022

By Paul Fountain

I still think the latest interface change early 2022 is not as good as the previous version. However after working with it i have gotten used to it. Still not as user friendly as the older version. The app itself though is quite good and the quality of the translation continues to improve. Love the realtime translation using the camera. All in all still an good app! more
Accessibility for Instructional Design Oct 24, 2018

By kkennedy555

Google Translate is now a form of augmented reality and is adapted for educational purposes. This application provides users with tools to translate between languages and they now include an image option; users take a photograph of a sign, piece of paper, or other form of written text and receive a translation in the language of their choice. This augmented reality is ground breaking because this allows online learners to access content in other languages. The application also translates spoken word in real time, which allows all learners to access audio in written form, in their own language, online or in-person. This version of augmented reality that is adapted for education can be utilized in an online learning environment and can be utilized by instructional designers. One of the major challenges with instructional design is selecting the correct tools to build learning experiences. With this application, instructional designers are able to create a course in their own language and can make their lesson accessible to learners by recommending Google Translate for accessibility. I plan to utilize this in conjunction with my online lessons and videos in order to reach more students with diverse abilities and primary languages. more
Jul 23, 2022

By Robert Buchanan

There's one thing it doesn't have that I really want: A constant translation mode for a headset. It'll translate a conversation OK, but it listens, stops listening while it speaks, then starts listening again. I get that you need to make sure that it doesn't take it's own output as input. But a headset solves that, and a constant translation mode would make it usable for watching shows, listening to speeches, and - if both participants have the setup - near real time conversations. more
Jul 22, 2022

By Pride

The only issue I have is that the app sometimes puts two spaces at the beginning of translated sentences instead of one, even when there is only one space at the beginning of the sentence in the original text. A slight irritation for most uses, but very inconvenient for large projects that require proofreading. more
Pages of Translation Lightening Fast, and Reliable! Oct 31, 2019

By rsmith7

If if you are using anything but Google translate to do your Spanish work for you, you are missing the boat. It translates whole pages of text instantly without error. It uses understandable language for our US - Mexico border area. I was using a different translator when I saw a doctor using Google to communicate with a Spanish only patient. That’s when I learned about Google Translate and switched. For the past two years, I have used a different Spanish translator/dictionary App. It was slow and tedious, only would translate a short paragraph at a time, but worse - it inserted words which were clearly wrong. One time instead of asking my gardener to complete a task, it inserted the word marriage into the sentence! His wife would have not been happy! Luckily I caught it before texting as I had to double- check every phrase. But now I no longer have to worry and each phrase is spot on. ( at least so far I think it’s been!). more

Aug 4, 2022

By Paul Fountain

I still think the latest interface change early 2022 is not as good as the previous version. However after working with it i have gotten used to it. Still not as user friendly as the older version. The app itself though is quite good and the quality of the translation continues to improve. Love the realtime translation using the camera. All in all still an good app! more
Accessibility for Instructional Design Oct 24, 2018

By kkennedy555

Google Translate is now a form of augmented reality and is adapted for educational purposes. This application provides users with tools to translate between languages and they now include an image option; users take a photograph of a sign, piece of paper, or other form of written text and receive a translation in the language of their choice. This augmented reality is ground breaking because this allows online learners to access content in other languages. The application also translates spoken word in real time, which allows all learners to access audio in written form, in their own language, online or in-person. This version of augmented reality that is adapted for education can be utilized in an online learning environment and can be utilized by instructional designers. One of the major challenges with instructional design is selecting the correct tools to build learning experiences. With this application, instructional designers are able to create a course in their own language and can make their lesson accessible to learners by recommending Google Translate for accessibility. I plan to utilize this in conjunction with my online lessons and videos in order to reach more students with diverse abilities and primary languages. more
Jul 23, 2022

By Robert Buchanan

There's one thing it doesn't have that I really want: A constant translation mode for a headset. It'll translate a conversation OK, but it listens, stops listening while it speaks, then starts listening again. I get that you need to make sure that it doesn't take it's own output as input. But a headset solves that, and a constant translation mode would make it usable for watching shows, listening to speeches, and - if both participants have the setup - near real time conversations. more
Jul 22, 2022

By Pride

The only issue I have is that the app sometimes puts two spaces at the beginning of translated sentences instead of one, even when there is only one space at the beginning of the sentence in the original text. A slight irritation for most uses, but very inconvenient for large projects that require proofreading. more
Pages of Translation Lightening Fast, and Reliable! Oct 31, 2019

By rsmith7

If if you are using anything but Google translate to do your Spanish work for you, you are missing the boat. It translates whole pages of text instantly without error. It uses understandable language for our US - Mexico border area. I was using a different translator when I saw a doctor using Google to communicate with a Spanish only patient. That’s when I learned about Google Translate and switched. For the past two years, I have used a different Spanish translator/dictionary App. It was slow and tedious, only would translate a short paragraph at a time, but worse - it inserted words which were clearly wrong. One time instead of asking my gardener to complete a task, it inserted the word marriage into the sentence! His wife would have not been happy! Luckily I caught it before texting as I had to double- check every phrase. But now I no longer have to worry and each phrase is spot on. ( at least so far I think it’s been!). more
Jun 16, 2022

By Prefekt

This app was flawless before they redesigned the interface. Several key features were removed, at the expense of the new design. What a waste. Don't even bother with this app. Edit: Nevermind. I was able to find my favorite features such as translate using camera or import an image to translate from. They were just hard to find at first, but the app is still good. Definitely recommend. more
Google Translate needs a massive overhaul! Sep 29, 2020

By Lacemaker 427

FEATURE REQUEST: Since most people are translating from a foreign language to their native language, it would be lovely if you could make your chosen language “stick” at the top of the list. I would prefer to have the languages I use most frequently stick to the top of the list. For me, they are: English, French, German, Latin, Russian, and Spanish. That would solve the annoyance of having to reselect one or more my core languages every time I deviate from my norm. I would like to include Croatian in my core list, but the machine voice for Croatian is unintelligible, even to native speakers because the sound quality is so poor and it speaks far too fast. HEBREW & YIDDISH: It is not possible to learn to speak or translate from either of these languages. Google has NO VOICE, machine or natural, for EITHER of them, nor does it scribe the translation using our common alphabet, Latin. At least then, I could make an attempt at the pronunciation of the words. I would cheerfully give Google Translate 5 stars as soon as these deficits are dealt with. more
Indispensable app Aug 20, 2018

By Mobjack11

I use many different languages throughout each day, usually just little phrases here and there in my writing. This app is indispensable to me as I work, and the translations seem to just get better and better with each update. I’ve read a few of the negative reviews, and while I’m sure the inconveniences described by these folks are real, it also seems they me be expecting a bit too much. The app is very straightforward in its basic function of translating text that is input by the user. The app is also by Google, and thus it is highly aspirational in its features, and each update seems to bring further enhancements that may or may not be truly useful. I understand how this might get frustrating, but that’s just Google’s style. Eventually the kinks get worked out based on user feedback, which is how I think it should be. As far as a basic free translation app, this one is far and away the best. more
May 31, 2022

By Karl S.

Nicely designed with many useful features, but be careful of the translations. It will often translate sentences incorrectly, but if you tap "reverse translate" you can usually weed out the bad answers. It is nicely complemented by Microsoft Translator. It works best with the major languages. If you use Gboard, the layout will change to match the input language in Translate! more
Good app, but bugs or improvements needed Feb 28, 2018

By Kiba9001

I really like this app, but there are many bugs and difficulty when using it. For example, when using the speech function it constantly stops working, saying there is a connection error where there isn't any. Or if my phone tilts a little bit on its side, the audio will stop and I have to start it all over again. This brings me to my next point: editing text. When you try to edit the text youre translating, its difficult to click it to be able to edit it or even find the spot you want to edit since the space is so small and cluttered. A function that will be really helpful is a pause/play button when youre having the text be read allowed and when the text is being read allowed, it doesnt stop if the device tilts to one side. more

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The app is so messed up since the last update - it is non usable! Feb 9, 2022

By K Stick

This WAS my go to app. It WAS intuitive and easy to use. Thought it didn't always translate exactly, it was always close enough to understand the translation. Have been using it for 6 years. Now it is unusable. I've tried downloading the old version and installing it so I can continue to work. But the Play Store keeps updating it after a few days. I guess I'm going to have to find a different app to do translate. more
Horrible Application Given the Size of the Company Feb 24, 2022

By MTLima1995

The Google translate app is a joke. There are very few apps that can lead someone to yell expletives while sitting in their kitchen trying to enjoy a cup of tea. Editing something you’ve written on the Google Translate App is a pitiful process filled with tapping the screen of your phone over and over attempting to unselect individual words or sentences. Sometimes it selects the entirety of what you’ve written and won’t allow you to unselect it without a fight. It’s unconscionable that the process for editing what you’ve written doesn’t follow every other smart phone format. Not only that, when you’ve finished writing of considerable length, in my case an email, and would like to highlight, copy and paste it, you will quickly realize you cannot highlight and scroll at the same time like you can on any other apple app that includes type. Instead, you’re forced to go through a ridiculous process of highlighting as much as you can see, pasting it, returning to the app, copying more and then pasting that. I repeated that process six time before I had copied my email over to gmail. If I had more time I would go into detail about the “define” tool that pops up unprovoked and further adds to the absolute farce that is the UX of this application. For a company like Google to have produced such a dysfunctional infuriating UI is truly shameful. more
Aug 4, 2022

By Tomas Kuli

You've completely ruined this app. The bubble that would pop up when you highlighted text was so convenient. Now it doesn't recognize text on the screen. Ex. I highlight German, but it acts like I highlighted English. It used to work with Duolingo. It would recognize the language text and automatically switch between English and the language perfectly. Somehow it knew which keyboard was needed. Now that's broken, too. Everything is broken. And yes I'm using the latest, I'm latest update! 😡 more
This used to be excellent. Google lens made it terrible! Feb 3, 2022

By whsbflfirhdbskabbd

As usual an update makes the produce worse instead of better. I live in a foreign country because of my husbands job. I use this app everyday. ALL THE TIME! Before, I could use the camera option to translate in real time or take a picture and let it scan for text. Then I could choose which text to translate, it could be 1 word or 1 sentence or 1 paragraph or the whole thing. The lastest update removed this option. Now when I click on the camera option it says “Google lens” it automatically blocks out the original texts and puts the translation over it, like it did previously but now when I take the picture I can not scan the text and choose what part to translate. It simply takes a screen shot of the translation already made on the first screen. If I try to select a specific word, it selects the translation and then translates it back into the original language. This does work well! The meaning gets more and more mixed up until it just makes no sense at all. Translating a translation instead of just scanning the original text is a huge downgrade. I am so frustrated! I am going to start looking for other translators because this has caused a lot of issues for me, on a daily basis. I’ll keep checking back to see if they ever fix this issue or not. more
The new update ruined a great tool to help learn Chinese Jun 8, 2022

By Wiifan

So, I’ve been learning Chinese for a few years now, and one of the most useful features has been the camera mode in Google Translate. When you learn a new character in Chinese, if you don’t know the pronunciation, it can be difficult to search up. Google Translate for full sentences in Chinese has always been iffy, so I usually found it most helpful to select “Camera” mode (instead of instant translation), SELECT THE COUPLE CHARACTERS I DIDN’T KNOW, and get the pinyin and English translation. But the update got rid of the ability to take the picture before translating, which makes it more difficult to find the characters I’m trying to learn. On top of that, when I click on the translation to learn the pinyin of the words (since the pronunciation doesn’t show in the preview) - it will TRANSLATE THE ENGLISH BACK INTO CHINESE TO GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT CHARACTER WITH THE “SAME” MEANING. The pinyin is very important so I can type the character and not have to rely on using a picture to translate in the future, but Googles update makes this impossible since you don’t get the original characters pinyin unless the “translation” back to Chinese gives you the same characters. Overall, a super infuriating update that ruined this app. more
Aug 2, 2022

By Brock B

As someone who used this app daily for almost 6 years, I must say, the latest update is so depressing. Many features are gone. For example, when translating into a language that does not use Roman characters, the Roman characters are no longer visible underneath. It is only possible when you translate a single word..but not a sentence. Also, if I translate into one language, and then simply want to change it into a different language, I'm not able to do so. I must completely retype. And more.. more
Jul 24, 2022

By ScreamToASigh

My camera no longer works, I used this app for image & audio translation. The translations were never very good, but my reading comprehension is intermediate so I can tell when there are mistakes. If reverso or Microsoft translator app had these 2 features, I'd have deleted this app a long time ago. The UI has become so bad it takes multiple clicks for the simplest things. Since it's taken over my camera, I'm going to have to delete it anyway. And it keeps asking to backup w/ every word ! more
Ruined image translation Feb 3, 2022

By living in a coomcave

They've replaced the google instant image translate with lens which is absolutely one of the worse things to ever exist in this apps history. It's difficult to translate text on an image because they separate each new line of text, on the image, with a new line for that text; it doesn't form complete sentences. For example- translating languages with different grammar will be incorrect due to it not putting the sentences together. Maybe if they add a "draw" feature like before, and didn't give you new lines of each new translated sentences, it would be better than the old one. But for now it's one of the most frustrating things; to have to form the sentences manually, and selecting the initial text is also a nightmare because you have to exit the lens and back into the returned text to copy the original text, if that's what you're looking for like me. Me and a bunch of other people are not happy with this new feature, would you enable us to use the old feature, or at least go through the effort to implement those old features into lens? I'm willing to wait as long as it takes for us to get those old features back. more
Jul 12, 2022

By Andrew Taverner

The new (ish) interface isn't great. It seems undesirable to have a giant place to type something to translate. It seems more useful to show your translate history. I also liked how before, you could see the phonetic pronunciation as well as the character for Chinese, for example. Now you have to click on it to see that which is an extra step more
Hard to Use, Inaccurate, Barely Works Dec 28, 2018

By Lizzie Licious

Many times when I record audio or pictures, the translation doesn’t even come up. The audio is worse since no matter what I do, speaking into the microphone is just a bust. I’ll say something into the microphone, and it won’t do anything. It doesn’t even load, it just indefinitely waits for me to say more. No matter how much I say, real words or not, it doesn’t ever even acknowledge that I’m done talking and if I hit any buttons, the X to close it or microphone button that you’d think would tell what it said, just cancel out of it. Not to mention, taking pics is a nightmare. You have to highlight with your finger the phrases you want translated, but you can’t move the picture around easily. So if you zoom into a certain part, it’s hard to zoom back out, and you can’t move the picture at all without zooming in or out. So if you zoom out in a way that makes the pic go off to the side, well, too bad. Why can’t it just detect the words itself? Or at the very least, why can’t I translate more then one thing in a picture, and do I have to take the same picture again and again just to see everything it says? more

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Community
Many people love Google Translate for its translating abilities but few know that it has a text to speech option as well. This makes it perfect for those who are visually impaired to know what a page says whether it’s 100 words or 400 words. more

by Sharon
2 years ago
Community
Moving to a foreign country is full of surprises and adventures, but more than likely, you're going to need to translate a conversation. Google Translate is the best translation app out there. Whether you want to translate live chats or pictures (which is perfect for menus): this app does it all. more

by John
2 years ago
Community
Google has been proven to be a great option for many things. When you are in Bangladesh, it can help you translate anything from the word 'hello' to the number 100. It will make your trip much easier and more pleasant. I have used it lots of times when I have a client who may not speak English so I understand what they are saying. It's a handy app. more

by Din
1 year ago
Community
The app is so messed up since the last update - it is non usable! Feb 9, 2022

By K Stick

This WAS my go to app. It WAS intuitive and easy to use. Thought it didn't always translate exactly, it was always close enough to understand the translation. Have been using it for 6 years. Now it is unusable. I've tried downloading the old version and installing it so I can continue to work. But the Play Store keeps updating it after a few days. I guess I'm going to have to find a different app to do translate. more

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Expert
1. Efficient and effective translations between 103 languages, you can tap to translate, and translate anywhere in 59 languages even when offline
2. 2 great ways to learn: conversation mode (2-way instant translation in 32 languages) and handwriting (draw characters, no keyboard necessary)
3. Take a picture for easy translation with instant camera translation in 38 languages and camera mode in 37 languages
more

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Accessibility for Instructional Design Oct 24, 2018

By kkennedy555

Google Translate is now a form of augmented reality and is adapted for educational purposes. This application provides users with tools to translate between languages and they now include an image option; users take a photograph of a sign, piece of paper, or other form of written text and receive a translation in the language of their choice. This augmented reality is ground breaking because this allows online learners to access content in other languages. The application also translates spoken word in real time, which allows all learners to access audio in written form, in their own language, online or in-person. This version of augmented reality that is adapted for education can be utilized in an online learning environment and can be utilized by instructional designers. One of the major challenges with instructional design is selecting the correct tools to build learning experiences. With this application, instructional designers are able to create a course in their own language and can make their lesson accessible to learners by recommending Google Translate for accessibility. I plan to utilize this in conjunction with my online lessons and videos in order to reach more students with diverse abilities and primary languages. more
Jul 23, 2022

By Robert Buchanan

There's one thing it doesn't have that I really want: A constant translation mode for a headset. It'll translate a conversation OK, but it listens, stops listening while it speaks, then starts listening again. I get that you need to make sure that it doesn't take it's own output as input. But a headset solves that, and a constant translation mode would make it usable for watching shows, listening to speeches, and - if both participants have the setup - near real time conversations. more
Pages of Translation Lightening Fast, and Reliable! Oct 31, 2019

By rsmith7

If if you are using anything but Google translate to do your Spanish work for you, you are missing the boat. It translates whole pages of text instantly without error. It uses understandable language for our US - Mexico border area. I was using a different translator when I saw a doctor using Google to communicate with a Spanish only patient. That’s when I learned about Google Translate and switched. For the past two years, I have used a different Spanish translator/dictionary App. It was slow and tedious, only would translate a short paragraph at a time, but worse - it inserted words which were clearly wrong. One time instead of asking my gardener to complete a task, it inserted the word marriage into the sentence! His wife would have not been happy! Luckily I caught it before texting as I had to double- check every phrase. But now I no longer have to worry and each phrase is spot on. ( at least so far I think it’s been!). more
Jun 16, 2022

By Prefekt

This app was flawless before they redesigned the interface. Several key features were removed, at the expense of the new design. What a waste. Don't even bother with this app. Edit: Nevermind. I was able to find my favorite features such as translate using camera or import an image to translate from. They were just hard to find at first, but the app is still good. Definitely recommend. more
Indispensable app Aug 20, 2018

By Mobjack11

I use many different languages throughout each day, usually just little phrases here and there in my writing. This app is indispensable to me as I work, and the translations seem to just get better and better with each update. I’ve read a few of the negative reviews, and while I’m sure the inconveniences described by these folks are real, it also seems they me be expecting a bit too much. The app is very straightforward in its basic function of translating text that is input by the user. The app is also by Google, and thus it is highly aspirational in its features, and each update seems to bring further enhancements that may or may not be truly useful. I understand how this might get frustrating, but that’s just Google’s style. Eventually the kinks get worked out based on user feedback, which is how I think it should be. As far as a basic free translation app, this one is far and away the best. more
Your best companion while traveling! Feb 21, 2019

By PlatinumMedallion

This is hands down the best partner you can have while traveling short of someone who know the local language. It’s just incredible what all it can do. It translates (augmented reality) live in the screen what ever you point at. No, no snapshots, Live, you point it at a Menu in a restaurant or instructions on the wall and it sees Spanish or Japanese or whatever language and you see English or whatever language you like. Then comes conversing with locals. It has a live translator which speaks the local language. My taxi driver knew about this app and used it on his own when tying to communicate with me. Amazing, you talk in English and it speaks it back in Spanish and your local language. Then the other person speaks in Spanish or your local language and it speaks it back to you (and also shows it on the screen) in English. That’s a live 2 way conversation. Something you saw in Star Trek back in the day. The universal translator. No it’s not done yet. Yes you need an internet connection (data plans) for the above two buddies to work. For those who don’t have a data plan or internet access it has offline translations. It won’t speak but will translate anything to anything as you type it in. I’ve travelled 4 continents with this app so far and like I said it’s my best traveling companion. more
Super Helpful! Aug 16, 2018

By is maggie okay

I use google translate a lot, as a Korean pop fan, sometimes translations don’t come out and I have to use google translate to translate what I want to see. Using the app makes it SO MUCH EASIER. I love the writing and camera feature. Sometimes the camera doesn’t always find all the words, but the feature is so helpful when im writing and I want to check my work, or if something is in a different language and I want to know what it is. The writing feature is also super awesome because I can write in the word in example, Korean and it translates it for me. Sometimes I do feel like the translations are not very accurate as in when I put the other translation through to check and it comes out as something different, but of course the translations can’t always be correct. Overall, the app is easy to use and I love it! ♥️🤠 more
Works for me... Apr 15, 2022

By Sloppy7ths

About 20 years ago , I lived in Japan for a few years. I did an OK job picking up the language while there, but I've forgotten most of it now. I recently reconnected with a Japanese friend from those days who never spoke a lick of English. We've rekindled a friendship texting back and forth using Google translate as the medium. We have some very deep conversations on all manner of subjects, and despite the small hiccups, the service has served us very well. You have to be cognizant of what you're feeding into it and avoid colloquialisms and so forth, but by and large, it's quite flawless. Sometimes I forget that we aren't speaking the same language. As for all the negative reviews, if you don't want you use Google Translate, go try to find something that works better. Best of luck with that. more

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Aug 4, 2022

By Paul Fountain

I still think the latest interface change early 2022 is not as good as the previous version. However after working with it i have gotten used to it. Still not as user friendly as the older version. The app itself though is quite good and the quality of the translation continues to improve. Love the realtime translation using the camera. All in all still an good app! more
Jul 22, 2022

By Pride

The only issue I have is that the app sometimes puts two spaces at the beginning of translated sentences instead of one, even when there is only one space at the beginning of the sentence in the original text. A slight irritation for most uses, but very inconvenient for large projects that require proofreading. more
May 31, 2022

By Karl S.

Nicely designed with many useful features, but be careful of the translations. It will often translate sentences incorrectly, but if you tap "reverse translate" you can usually weed out the bad answers. It is nicely complemented by Microsoft Translator. It works best with the major languages. If you use Gboard, the layout will change to match the input language in Translate! more
Good app, but bugs or improvements needed Feb 28, 2018

By Kiba9001

I really like this app, but there are many bugs and difficulty when using it. For example, when using the speech function it constantly stops working, saying there is a connection error where there isn't any. Or if my phone tilts a little bit on its side, the audio will stop and I have to start it all over again. This brings me to my next point: editing text. When you try to edit the text youre translating, its difficult to click it to be able to edit it or even find the spot you want to edit since the space is so small and cluttered. A function that will be really helpful is a pause/play button when youre having the text be read allowed and when the text is being read allowed, it doesnt stop if the device tilts to one side. more

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Google Translate needs a massive overhaul! Sep 29, 2020

By Lacemaker 427

FEATURE REQUEST: Since most people are translating from a foreign language to their native language, it would be lovely if you could make your chosen language “stick” at the top of the list. I would prefer to have the languages I use most frequently stick to the top of the list. For me, they are: English, French, German, Latin, Russian, and Spanish. That would solve the annoyance of having to reselect one or more my core languages every time I deviate from my norm. I would like to include Croatian in my core list, but the machine voice for Croatian is unintelligible, even to native speakers because the sound quality is so poor and it speaks far too fast. HEBREW & YIDDISH: It is not possible to learn to speak or translate from either of these languages. Google has NO VOICE, machine or natural, for EITHER of them, nor does it scribe the translation using our common alphabet, Latin. At least then, I could make an attempt at the pronunciation of the words. I would cheerfully give Google Translate 5 stars as soon as these deficits are dealt with. more
Jul 18, 2022

By John L Creative Printing Redesigns

Edited... Keeping the gist of my comment... As suggested (thank you), after uninstalling and reinstalling the app 3 times during a few days of trying to get the app to be stable, it finally works. Just not as good as it used to work - but adequate. Over the past few years, the updates are getting more clunker. Each new update is loaded with new issues. [FIXED - Now the translate bubble disappears and the app resets after using it for only a couple of times.] more
Good but not what is needed Aug 31, 2019

By Scrabble Lover 44

This program is useless when trying to overhear peoples conversations or listen to a speech. You can’t tell people to slow down and pause so you can translate each thing they said. That just does not work and is not practical. If I’m watching a show on TV in Chinese it is also fairly useless unless you want to press pause every few seconds. Also when people are talking, you have to tell them to speak slowly and carefully. That is ridiculous. And you have to wait until they have completed a sentence to translate. That is silly. What is needed is for the App to translate as a person is speaking. The user would just wear earphones an be able to listen nearly real time just like a real translator does. Or the translated words would appear as the person is speaking. The function that translates what is written kind of works. It fluctuate the transition consistently until you freeze the frame. Obviously this function needs improving. more

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Aug 2, 2022

By Brock B

As someone who used this app daily for almost 6 years, I must say, the latest update is so depressing. Many features are gone. For example, when translating into a language that does not use Roman characters, the Roman characters are no longer visible underneath. It is only possible when you translate a single word..but not a sentence. Also, if I translate into one language, and then simply want to change it into a different language, I'm not able to do so. I must completely retype. And more.. more
Jun 27, 2022

By Lions Den

It used to be really good smooth transitions easy to translate back and forth with suggested button clicks. Deleting your history so you can free up space was very easy. Now you have to jump through five different screens to delete your history and whenever you're translate you have to click three or four different things just to translate every single time. Thinking of uninstalling it permanently this new update is terrible. I wish they would bring back some of the old features. more
Gogle translate bad Aug 5, 2021

By Cmvflash

google translator is bad because it automatically corrects what you say so if somebody in another language says something that is spelt badly it will automatically correct and that is bad when you tryings to understand them because they might say something else rather then what it automatically corrected one and it doesn’t detect some languages that are supported by apple so if you use a language that isn’t in google translator it will say its english instead of the actual language and it is when it is annoying because if you are trying to understand what you are saying in that language it will not work and there isn’t lots of translators as good as google translator which means you will never know the language where its from and maybe you would want to know but you can’t so thats why google translate is bad because people who speak different language and you tell back to them in they can tell you are using translator and so use a different translator instead of google translate. more
May 28, 2022

By Rin Miles

It's good for text, but slow. It doesn't pick up audio or anything majority of the time unless it's completely quiet in the room except for who's talking, even after you've downloaded a language to use offline. The audio just doesn't work usually. Overall it's not good when you need a quick translation to help with customers if you need to use it for that. more
Glitchy, even the review only works sometimes. Apr 21, 2022

By Mark922

I had to spend twice as long writing this review because the app frequently won’t give you a keyboard when you have to enter something. I guess they don’t really want anyone to write a review. Of course, that’s not surprising given how inconsistent the app’s functionality is. It’s speech recognition is awful. I find I often have to say something upwards of 5 or 6 times before it accurately transcribes what I’m saying. I don’t know if any language in which an “L” sounds like an “N”, yet I tried to get the app to understand “lei” was not spelled “nei” before it worked correctly. I also hate the fact that things which are obviously questions are translated as awkward sentences. I know, it’s easy enough to type a question mark. But if I need to practice my speech, I can’t “say” “question” so it understands I’m asking a question, “is this seat taken?” I guess I could say I’m getting exactly as much value as I’m paying for. more

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The app is so messed up since the last update - it is non usable! Feb 9, 2022

By K Stick

This WAS my go to app. It WAS intuitive and easy to use. Thought it didn't always translate exactly, it was always close enough to understand the translation. Have been using it for 6 years. Now it is unusable. I've tried downloading the old version and installing it so I can continue to work. But the Play Store keeps updating it after a few days. I guess I'm going to have to find a different app to do translate. more
Horrible Application Given the Size of the Company Feb 24, 2022

By MTLima1995

The Google translate app is a joke. There are very few apps that can lead someone to yell expletives while sitting in their kitchen trying to enjoy a cup of tea. Editing something you’ve written on the Google Translate App is a pitiful process filled with tapping the screen of your phone over and over attempting to unselect individual words or sentences. Sometimes it selects the entirety of what you’ve written and won’t allow you to unselect it without a fight. It’s unconscionable that the process for editing what you’ve written doesn’t follow every other smart phone format. Not only that, when you’ve finished writing of considerable length, in my case an email, and would like to highlight, copy and paste it, you will quickly realize you cannot highlight and scroll at the same time like you can on any other apple app that includes type. Instead, you’re forced to go through a ridiculous process of highlighting as much as you can see, pasting it, returning to the app, copying more and then pasting that. I repeated that process six time before I had copied my email over to gmail. If I had more time I would go into detail about the “define” tool that pops up unprovoked and further adds to the absolute farce that is the UX of this application. For a company like Google to have produced such a dysfunctional infuriating UI is truly shameful. more
Aug 4, 2022

By Tomas Kuli

You've completely ruined this app. The bubble that would pop up when you highlighted text was so convenient. Now it doesn't recognize text on the screen. Ex. I highlight German, but it acts like I highlighted English. It used to work with Duolingo. It would recognize the language text and automatically switch between English and the language perfectly. Somehow it knew which keyboard was needed. Now that's broken, too. Everything is broken. And yes I'm using the latest, I'm latest update! 😡 more
This used to be excellent. Google lens made it terrible! Feb 3, 2022

By whsbflfirhdbskabbd

As usual an update makes the produce worse instead of better. I live in a foreign country because of my husbands job. I use this app everyday. ALL THE TIME! Before, I could use the camera option to translate in real time or take a picture and let it scan for text. Then I could choose which text to translate, it could be 1 word or 1 sentence or 1 paragraph or the whole thing. The lastest update removed this option. Now when I click on the camera option it says “Google lens” it automatically blocks out the original texts and puts the translation over it, like it did previously but now when I take the picture I can not scan the text and choose what part to translate. It simply takes a screen shot of the translation already made on the first screen. If I try to select a specific word, it selects the translation and then translates it back into the original language. This does work well! The meaning gets more and more mixed up until it just makes no sense at all. Translating a translation instead of just scanning the original text is a huge downgrade. I am so frustrated! I am going to start looking for other translators because this has caused a lot of issues for me, on a daily basis. I’ll keep checking back to see if they ever fix this issue or not. more
The new update ruined a great tool to help learn Chinese Jun 8, 2022

By Wiifan

So, I’ve been learning Chinese for a few years now, and one of the most useful features has been the camera mode in Google Translate. When you learn a new character in Chinese, if you don’t know the pronunciation, it can be difficult to search up. Google Translate for full sentences in Chinese has always been iffy, so I usually found it most helpful to select “Camera” mode (instead of instant translation), SELECT THE COUPLE CHARACTERS I DIDN’T KNOW, and get the pinyin and English translation. But the update got rid of the ability to take the picture before translating, which makes it more difficult to find the characters I’m trying to learn. On top of that, when I click on the translation to learn the pinyin of the words (since the pronunciation doesn’t show in the preview) - it will TRANSLATE THE ENGLISH BACK INTO CHINESE TO GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT CHARACTER WITH THE “SAME” MEANING. The pinyin is very important so I can type the character and not have to rely on using a picture to translate in the future, but Googles update makes this impossible since you don’t get the original characters pinyin unless the “translation” back to Chinese gives you the same characters. Overall, a super infuriating update that ruined this app. more
Jul 24, 2022

By ScreamToASigh

My camera no longer works, I used this app for image & audio translation. The translations were never very good, but my reading comprehension is intermediate so I can tell when there are mistakes. If reverso or Microsoft translator app had these 2 features, I'd have deleted this app a long time ago. The UI has become so bad it takes multiple clicks for the simplest things. Since it's taken over my camera, I'm going to have to delete it anyway. And it keeps asking to backup w/ every word ! more
Ruined image translation Feb 3, 2022

By living in a coomcave

They've replaced the google instant image translate with lens which is absolutely one of the worse things to ever exist in this apps history. It's difficult to translate text on an image because they separate each new line of text, on the image, with a new line for that text; it doesn't form complete sentences. For example- translating languages with different grammar will be incorrect due to it not putting the sentences together. Maybe if they add a "draw" feature like before, and didn't give you new lines of each new translated sentences, it would be better than the old one. But for now it's one of the most frustrating things; to have to form the sentences manually, and selecting the initial text is also a nightmare because you have to exit the lens and back into the returned text to copy the original text, if that's what you're looking for like me. Me and a bunch of other people are not happy with this new feature, would you enable us to use the old feature, or at least go through the effort to implement those old features into lens? I'm willing to wait as long as it takes for us to get those old features back. more
Jul 12, 2022

By Andrew Taverner

The new (ish) interface isn't great. It seems undesirable to have a giant place to type something to translate. It seems more useful to show your translate history. I also liked how before, you could see the phonetic pronunciation as well as the character for Chinese, for example. Now you have to click on it to see that which is an extra step more
Hard to Use, Inaccurate, Barely Works Dec 28, 2018

By Lizzie Licious

Many times when I record audio or pictures, the translation doesn’t even come up. The audio is worse since no matter what I do, speaking into the microphone is just a bust. I’ll say something into the microphone, and it won’t do anything. It doesn’t even load, it just indefinitely waits for me to say more. No matter how much I say, real words or not, it doesn’t ever even acknowledge that I’m done talking and if I hit any buttons, the X to close it or microphone button that you’d think would tell what it said, just cancel out of it. Not to mention, taking pics is a nightmare. You have to highlight with your finger the phrases you want translated, but you can’t move the picture around easily. So if you zoom into a certain part, it’s hard to zoom back out, and you can’t move the picture at all without zooming in or out. So if you zoom out in a way that makes the pic go off to the side, well, too bad. Why can’t it just detect the words itself? Or at the very least, why can’t I translate more then one thing in a picture, and do I have to take the same picture again and again just to see everything it says? more
Jun 26, 2022

By Bill Rose

I don't know what they're thinking here with this application but the previous iteration of this app was perfectly fine and worked really well. Translations weren't the best sometimes and, I don't know...maybe you developers should concentrate on THAT. Not always is it good to change in app and relocate everything. It was very easy to use and everything was there available including history which you could just scroll down to see. I expect to see your canned, condescending response below.... more

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