About Google Translate
• Text translation: Translate between 103 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 (88 languages)
• Photos: Take or import photos for higher quality translations (50 languages)
• Conversations: Translate bilingual conversations on the fly (43 languages)
• Handwriting: Draw text characters instead of typing (95 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
Translations between the following languages are supported:
Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Odia (Oriya), Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Scots Gaelic, Serbian, Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu
Permissions Notice
Google Translate may ask for permission to access the following features:
• Microphone for speech translation
• Camera for translating text via the camera
• SMS for translating text messages
• External storage for downloading offline translation data
• Accounts and credentials for signing-in and syncing across devices
Google Translate details
Google Translate is a free Tools app for Android with 500,000,000+ installs on Google Play and a 4.5/5 average rating from 7,050,983 ratings. It was last updated on March 20, 2020.
- Category
- Tools
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (7,050,983 ratings)
- Installs
- 500,000,000+
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- No
- Ads
- No ads
- Size
- Varies with device
- Requires Android
- Varies with device
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Last updated
- March 20, 2020
What’s new in Google Translate
You can now continuously translate someone speaking a different language in near real-time with the Translate app. For example, translate a classroom lecture or a speech. • The Tap-to-Translate floating icon is now movable and easily dismissable. You can also translate copied text by tapping on the notification itself.
Updated March 20, 2020
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Translate | 4.5 / 5 | Free | 500,000,000+ | Mar 20, 2020 |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How many languages can Google Translate translate between?
Can I translate text in any app using Google Translate?
Is it possible to use Google Translate without an internet connection?
Can I translate text in images using Google Translate?
How can I improve the quality of translations using Google Translate?
Can I translate bilingual conversations on the fly using Google Translate?
Is it possible to draw text characters instead of typing for translation?
Can I save translated words and phrases for future reference?
Can I sync my phrasebook between the Google Translate app and desktop?
What features does Google Translate ask permission to access?