The main news of the present time – although not all online translation services are equipped with it – is the support for augmented reality.
A translation app can “read” printed text, a road sign or a sign and translate it on the spot, without having to manually rewrite it.
How? It’s simple: just point your phone’s camera at the text you want to translate to get an instant and accurate translation on the AR screen. In a word, the presence of translator applications on a smartphone is necessary not only to prepare for the trip, but also to make working days go more smoothly.
WayGo
WayGo is a dedicated app that is very suitable if you need a translation in one of these languages: Chinese, Korean and Japanese. This is a program specially designed for translation from Asian languages. It works on iPhone and Android smartphones, is free, but only offers 10 transfers per day. After this threshold is exceeded, translation packs must be purchased in-app. Like Google Translator, this service also has a section dedicated to live translations made in augmented reality: if you point your smartphone camera at texts or signs, a small bar with already translated text will appear on the screen.
Reverse
Reverso is a very unusual translation app for iOS and Android. It offers simultaneous translation into 12 different languages, but above all, it allows you to check with a search engine which uses of each particular word you are looking for in the translation. This way you will avoid using a word that has a different connotation from what you understand in your native language. Reverso is a free app, but it contains ads. To get rid of the banners, all you need to do is download the Premium version, which costs €3.99 per month or €29.99 per year (€19.99 on Android).
iTranslate
iTranslate is one of the main alternatives to Google Translate on both iPhone and Android. This is because it has a database of translations for over 100 languages. The basic version is free and only provides translation, while the Pro version, which costs €2.99/month on Android and €4.99/month on iPhone, also provides voice translation.
In addition to translation, iTranslate offers several useful additional services that will come in handy during a call.
It includes options such as the exact pronunciation of each word in an idiom other than its own, and some uses of individual words. The translator has been supplemented with a list of synonyms and antonyms, as well as a section on the correct declension of foreign verbs.
Lingue Dictionary
Be careful, treat it like a dictionary: Linguee Dictionary is a comprehensive application that is not inferior to its more successful counterparts in terms of the number of functions. It has a large number of languages at its disposal, as well as offers such as the contextualization of words in phrases and expressions, audio files for understanding pronunciation, and offline support. This program can be downloaded for both Android and iOS devices for free.
Text Grabber
It is easy to use, does not require much frills, but is very functional to achieve the purpose for which it was created. This is TextGrabber, an application built for Google and Apple operating systems that can translate large amounts of information on the fly without the need for an Internet connection.
Just point your mobile phone camera at the text you need to translate, whether it’s a document, a sign or a simple restaurant menu, and you’ll get an English version in no time. An interesting possibility is to listen to the pronunciation of the translated text, which allows you to memorize the terms and improve your knowledge of the words encountered.
