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iPhone User Guide

Translate voice and text on iPhone

In the Translate app 👁 Image
, you can translate voice and text between any of the supported languages. You can even translate conversations and download specific languages to translate fully offline.

👁 The Translate tab, showing two language selectors—English and Spanish—at the top, a translation in the center, and the Enter Text field near the bottom.

Translate text or your voice

  1. Rotate iPhone to portrait orientation, then tap the Translate tab.

  2. At the top of the screen, select the languages to translate between.

  3. Tap Enter text, type a phrase, then tap Go. Or tap 👁 the Listen button
    ,     then say a phrase.

  4. When the translation is shown, do any of the following:

You can also view your recent history and save phrases you just translated in the Favorites tab.

Translate a conversation

In conversation mode, iPhone splits the screen to show the transcribed and translated text from both sides of the conversation, followed by the translated audio. Conversation mode works for downloaded languages even when you don’t have an internet connection.

👁 iPhone in landscape orientation, showing an English phrase on the left side and the Spanish translation on the right side.

  1. In the Translate tab, rotate iPhone to landscape orientation.

  2. Tap 👁 the Listen button
    ,     then speak in one of the two languages.

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Download languages to iPhone for offline translation

  1. Tap the Translate tab, then tap a language at the top of the screen.

  2. Scroll down to Available Offline Languages, tap the languages you want to download, then tap Done.

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