Having a translator always on hand on your smartphone is really convenient, when you go abroad, but not only, to always know how to say a certain word in English or other languages or to translate words into foreign languages in Italian.
When it comes to translators, the app that immediately comes to mind is Google Translate, excellent and full of functions such as simultaneous voice translation to speak as if you had an interpreter in real time or to translate posters, writings and menus.
However, there are plenty of alternatives (free) to Google Translate, both for iPhone and for Android you can try to install these among the best translation and multilingual dictionary apps .
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1) Microsoft Translator can be downloaded for free from the respective stores, both for Android and iPhone mobiles
Microsoft Translator is a very powerful translator, which offers 4 translation modes.
- The translation of words, to translate sentences and words from one language to another, with many languages supported including Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Japanese.
- Voice translation to translate words or phrases by speaking them into the microphone.
The Microsoft translator for Android and iPhone will show the translation of the spoken words on the screen and, thanks to the speech synthesizer, will also make us hear the pronunciation.
- Simultaneous voice translator, to use the smartphone as a multilingual voice interpreter.
Pressing the comics button opens the dialogue function between two people who speak different languages, to choose from among the many available.
When one speaks, one side of the screen is pressed, while when the other speaks, the other side is pressed.
One can therefore imagine holding the mobile phone in the middle and speaking in turn so that the other can read on the screen, in real time, and listen to the translation provided by the application.
- Translation of text on images and photos
Finally, the app of the Microsoft translator for Android and for iPhone has added, a few days ago, the possibility of taking a photo of a text written on display boards, books, magazines, restaurant menus or other texts.
By touching the camera icon you can translate text from images even if in a different way than the instant translation of Google Translate texts does.
- Translation in the app of messages, to chat on Whatsapp or Facebook with people of foreign languages immediately receiving their translated messages.
Finally, Microsoft Translator, like Google translator, can also be used offline, without the need for an internet connection.
To do this, just open the main menu from the three dots at the top right and download one or more languages to be able to translate them even if the smartphone is offline.
2) Dizionario Linguee is an alternative app to the two giants Microsoft and Google that provides apps for iPhone and Android .
This is certainly among the best multilingual dictionaries, which supports dozens of languages, with a nice user interface, offline support, example sentences, audio pronunciations and more.
3) English Dictionary WordReference, for Android and for iPhone is perhaps the best and most complete translator dictionary for the English language, complete as the popular Larousse.com site
4) Reverso Translator Dictionary for Android and iPhone is a translation app that focuses on spoken phrases, therefore better than google Translate for those looking for translations of phrases and expressions that would otherwise be difficult to understand word for word.
The app is also useful for learning languages with games and exercises.
5) SayHi Translator for Android and for iPhone manages the translation of text and voice, an ideal choice for conducting a conversation with a foreign person.
You can write or speak and the translation appears and is read aloud, like a perfect translator interpreter who can always remain available.
6) Naver Papago Translate for Android and for iPhone supports 13 languages including Italian and some Asian languages such as Japanese and Chinese.
Among its best features, the translator of texts and phrases in real time, voice translation and conversations in real time, translations of images and photos, dictionary and phrasebook, with offline support.
READ ALSO: Best Apps to learn English (Android and iPhone)
When it comes to translators, the app that immediately comes to mind is Google Translate, excellent and full of functions such as simultaneous voice translation to speak as if you had an interpreter in real time or to translate posters, writings and menus.
However, there are plenty of alternatives (free) to Google Translate, both for iPhone and for Android you can try to install these among the best translation and multilingual dictionary apps .
READ ALSO: Ways to use Google Translate with the most useful functions
1) Microsoft Translator can be downloaded for free from the respective stores, both for Android and iPhone mobiles
Microsoft Translator is a very powerful translator, which offers 4 translation modes.
- The translation of words, to translate sentences and words from one language to another, with many languages supported including Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Japanese.
- Voice translation to translate words or phrases by speaking them into the microphone.
The Microsoft translator for Android and iPhone will show the translation of the spoken words on the screen and, thanks to the speech synthesizer, will also make us hear the pronunciation.
- Simultaneous voice translator, to use the smartphone as a multilingual voice interpreter.
Pressing the comics button opens the dialogue function between two people who speak different languages, to choose from among the many available.
When one speaks, one side of the screen is pressed, while when the other speaks, the other side is pressed.
One can therefore imagine holding the mobile phone in the middle and speaking in turn so that the other can read on the screen, in real time, and listen to the translation provided by the application.
- Translation of text on images and photos
Finally, the app of the Microsoft translator for Android and for iPhone has added, a few days ago, the possibility of taking a photo of a text written on display boards, books, magazines, restaurant menus or other texts.
By touching the camera icon you can translate text from images even if in a different way than the instant translation of Google Translate texts does.
- Translation in the app of messages, to chat on Whatsapp or Facebook with people of foreign languages immediately receiving their translated messages.
Finally, Microsoft Translator, like Google translator, can also be used offline, without the need for an internet connection.
To do this, just open the main menu from the three dots at the top right and download one or more languages to be able to translate them even if the smartphone is offline.
2) Dizionario Linguee is an alternative app to the two giants Microsoft and Google that provides apps for iPhone and Android .
This is certainly among the best multilingual dictionaries, which supports dozens of languages, with a nice user interface, offline support, example sentences, audio pronunciations and more.
3) English Dictionary WordReference, for Android and for iPhone is perhaps the best and most complete translator dictionary for the English language, complete as the popular Larousse.com site
4) Reverso Translator Dictionary for Android and iPhone is a translation app that focuses on spoken phrases, therefore better than google Translate for those looking for translations of phrases and expressions that would otherwise be difficult to understand word for word.
The app is also useful for learning languages with games and exercises.
5) SayHi Translator for Android and for iPhone manages the translation of text and voice, an ideal choice for conducting a conversation with a foreign person.
You can write or speak and the translation appears and is read aloud, like a perfect translator interpreter who can always remain available.
6) Naver Papago Translate for Android and for iPhone supports 13 languages including Italian and some Asian languages such as Japanese and Chinese.
Among its best features, the translator of texts and phrases in real time, voice translation and conversations in real time, translations of images and photos, dictionary and phrasebook, with offline support.
READ ALSO: Best Apps to learn English (Android and iPhone)
