The Google Translate app offers a range of features to help you communicate in over 100 languages. Here are some of its key features:
TEXT TRANSLATION:
Translate between 108 languages by typing.
TAP TO TRANSLATE:
Copy text in any app and tap the Google Translate icon to translate (all languages).
OFFLINE:
Translate with no internet connection (59 languages).
INSTANT CAMERA TRANSLATION:
Translate text in images instantly by just pointing your camera (94 languages).
PHOTOS:
Take or import photos for higher quality translations (90 languages).
CONVERSATIONS:
Translate bilingual conversations on the fly (70 languages).
HANDWRITING:
Draw text characters instead of typing (96 languages).
PHRASEBOOK:
Star and save translated words and phrases for future reference (all languages).
CROSS-DEVICE SYNCING:
Login to sync phrasebook between app and desktop.
TRANSCRIBE:
Continuously translate someone speaking a different language in near real-time (8 languages).
With Google Translate, you can communicate in languages including Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Ewe, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Konkani, Korean, Krio, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Luganda, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maithili, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Meiteilon (Manipuri), Mizo, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Odia (Oriya), Oromo, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Scots Gaelic, Sepedi, Serbian, Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tigrinya, Tsonga, Turkish, Turkmen, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, and Zulu.
The Google Translate app may ask for optional permissions such as microphone for speech translation, camera for translating text via the camera, external storage for downloading offline translation data, and contacts for setup and management of your account. Note that the app may still be used even if optional permissions are not granted.
