Apart from introducing a plethora of all-new features including the super cool Back Tap and the Home screen widgets, Apple has also launched a brand new app called “Translate”. Looking at what the translation app has to offer and the high accuracy with which it delivers translation, Apple’s offering seems poised to take on Google Translate that has long been an automatic choice for most. If you are all set to try out this new app, let’s learn how to use Apple Translate app in iOS 14 efficiently.
As of now, Translate supports 11 language pairs including English, Spanish, Russian, German French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Arabic. Further, it also allows you to translate language without an internet connection thanks to a pretty useful offline mode.
- Enable/Disable Cellular Data for Apple Translation App
- Enable On-Device Mode for Offline Translation in Apple Translate App
- Translate Languages Using Apple Translation App
- Listen to the Translated Text
- Get the Meaning of a Specific Word in the Translated Text
- Share Your Translation with Friends
- Favorite Your Translation
- Unfavorite a Translated Text
- Delete a Recent Translated text
- Enable Conversation Mode
Enable/Disable Cellular Data for Apple Translation App
To get started, ensure that the Translate app has access to the internet, especially when you don’t want to compromise with accuracy.
- Now, turn on the switch for Cellular/Mobile Data.
If you want to translate languages without having to rely on the internet connection, enable offline translation for Apple Translate app. To get going, you need to download languages.
- Next up, the Apple Translate app will open. Tap on the language at the top.
Translate Languages Using Apple Translation App on iPhone
- Launch the Translate app on your iPhone.
Once the app has translated your language, you can listen to the translation. To do it, simply tap on the tiny play button.
Get the Meaning of a Specific Word in the Translated Text
If you feel curious about a specific word or wish to know more about it, simply tap on a word in the translated text to check out its detailed meaning. After you have checked out the word, tap on the “X” button to remove the word meaning. It’s a nice way to learn a language.
There is also a quick way to share the translation with others. So, if you want to help your friend or just let them know the translation of a language, it could have a definite role to play.
Favorite Your Translation
You don’t need to translate certain sentences every single time. Yeah, you got that right! Thanks to Favorites, you can quickly access all of your translated texts whenever you need them.
If you no longer want to keep a translated text in your Favorites section, you can easily unfavorite it. To do it, tap on the Favorites button at the bottom right corner of the screen and then tap on the star/favorite button at the bottom of a translated text to unfavorite it.
Note: If you want to unfavorite a recent translation, swipe towards right from the left edge of the screen and then tap on the Unfavorite button.
There is a quick way to delete a recent translation. Swipe down to find the recent translations. Then, swipe towards right from the left edge of the screen on the translation. Next, hit the Delete button. (alternately, swipe all the way to the right edge of the screen from left to delete the specific translation.)
Conversation mode is probably the best feature of Apple Translate. What makes it so efficient is the ability to work seamlessly. And guess what? You can enable Conversation Mode in Apple Translate just by placing your iPhone in the landscape orientation. But before you do that, make sure Automatic Detection is enabled for conversation mode. Tap on the language at the top -> scroll down and ensure that the toggle for automatic detection is turned on.
When conversation mode is on, you can communicate with a person with ease thanks to the real-time translation.
So, these are the ways through which you can make the most of Apple Translate on your iPhone. Though it may not have a ton of features to boast about right now, I’m sure it will slowly but steadily add more languages. Personally, I would want the app to add support for more languages. As Siri can now translate between more than 65 language pairs, I’m hopeful that the app will soon work with more languages. What’s the one feature you may want to add in the Apple translation app? Do share your favorite feedback with us.
