Reviews for Google Translate

I liked the app for when I am reading a story in my internet browser and one of the characters says something in another language. It easy to highlight and click in the drop down menu to have it translated. Been doing this for 2 years. But since the last up date it no longer automatically trys to guess the language. It use to be pretty good at guessing. Now it just defaults to the last used. This really unhelpful because now I have to guess and sometimes I don't know the name of the language.

The new version lacks the useful dropdown language menu and the easy, one tap switch from one language direction to the other. Now language modules need to be downloaded, a slow and unnecessary process, compared to the old version. In Chinese, the pinyin is no longer presented simultaneously with the hanzi (character) and the copy tool is missing. The writing tool is unnecessary, typing is faster and more accurate. Developers couldn't have made worse choices for these so called improvements.

Great translator app for many dialects. It is better than many dictionaries you find now. It is text based, and also reads it in voice aloud. It is supposed to have a voice input reading feature, too. Only the online version does much. It worked much better on the Android phone than the PC browser window for a while, in some ways. The offline version lacks a lot of the features. That would be a big bonus to add (have the whole thing - at a subscription?). PC already has a fee offline version.

I am amazed at how this works! I am currently playing a Japanese game called "Tales of Phantasia: Cross Editon" on PSP and this app can actually take pictures of the text on the handheld's screen and translate it. I know the story well enough (have played the GBA version that was in English) to know that the translation is highly accurate. On top of that, when you highlight what you want translated, it shows on a separate screen what it was and can match the original.

It has been okay in the past, but this new update made it so bad I ended up deleting it and using another apps translator. It had it's ups and downs, but now with the multiple translations (male and feminine) and the much larger typing area, you cannot even see what you are typing. On top of that, the "suggested" phrases of what you are trying to type automatically change what you are trying to translate, even if it's incorrect. Unfortunately, every time an update is done, the app gets worse.

This app used to be good, however in the last few updates it's leaving lots at the table. The icon won't stay put on the screen, the translations aren't always accurate. I have to turn on the icon each time i want to use it. I hit the slider to keep it on the screen but invariably it's gone in a minute or two. And then i have to keep doing it over and over. There are times when I'm using the Gboard translator and it goes nuts and starts typing crazy things. I was very happy with this before.

Great for those moments where I don't know how to communicate properly. Instead of blowing them off I can just hit the talk button, records what I say and transfers it into any language you need to translate. Fast, Easy, Reliable, Honestly best app I've used to communicate with other languages. It even helped me to pick up words/sentences myself!!!

This app helps me a lot learning English, super helpful and very easy to use. I don't know why but about a month, this app has been so slow. When I try to translate a new word, it loads much slower than ever. It was super fast translation, liked showing the results right away. I still trust and only use it but I feel very annoyed waiting. Please check and fix it. Thank you so much!

This app can be a superpower when it works correctly. Unfortunately, it often doesn't. So many times I've lost count, I've had languages downloaded for offline use only to find they've disappeared when I need them. It has happened over and over, repeatedly, without explanation, and I frequently have difficulty getting the app to re-download the missing languages even when I'm reconnected.

Useful but not fully trustworthy, and a pain to use on my phone. On my S8 the window for editing the text shrinks down to practically nothing (just barely 2 lines of text visible), making it really hard to work with. Also sometimes when I type the whole sentence the app doesn't translate a word in the middle (usually one I need) but when I delete part of the sentence sometimes it translates that same word. Also doesn't translate grammar well if the construction in the first language doesn't exist in the second. If the translations it gives to English sound so rough, I don't trust it to translate correctly to another language.

Absolutely terrible forced random upgrade. I used this app all the time and never asked for a UI change. The number of clicks to access everything increased. Just one example: when typing Chinese, I have to minimize the keyboard in order for the Pinyin to show. The worst part for me is that when I switch languages, the keyboard doesn't automatically switch anymore. Luckily, I was able to uninstall and downgrade to the previous version. Edit: no history. No instant translate. Keyboard too big.

As someone who used this app daily for almost 6 years, I must say, the latest update is so depressing. Many features are gone. For example, when translating into a language that does not use Roman characters, the Roman characters are no longer visible underneath. It is only possible when you translate a single word..but not a sentence. Also, if I translate into one language, and then simply want to change it into a different language, I'm not able to do so. I must completely retype. And more..

The floating bubble used to be very helpful and intuitive. Now it's less intuitive and difficult to use. You have to switch the language back and forth instead of it figuring out that you're switching. It also no longer automatically pastes what's on your clipboard. Finally, it doesn't show you the translation as you type. I'm not sure why they went backward with this app, but it's terrible compared to its previous version.

This app is good when it works. I wanted it for the speech to text translation, but it frustratingly stops at the slightest pause in speech (like at a comma or a person avoiding saying 'um'). Since I don't know the language, I often don't know where to go back to when it stops mid sentence. It would would be helpful if we had a manual listening option where the app would listen until we stopped it.

Used to be the ultimate tool. Translated between English and chinese literally on the fly. Full 5 stars. But recently the app has become "impatient". Microphone stops listening in the middle of my sentence. And the first half it captured is quite flawed with mistakes. One then has to jump in and manually type in the missing words and correct the wrong ones. Actually not sure what has happened during the last updates as this app used to be working just fine.

I like the old version better. I frequently use the starred/saved list to review. Now, Everytime I open a saved translation, then go "back" to the list, it starts at the top again. Have to re-scroll down. Also, suddenly, all 4k of my translations are in my app. I don't want them all synced from Google acct to my translate app. It has become less functional. I'll look for another app. One upgrade I like, I don't need to open each translation to read it, even if it's several sentences

Beta functionality like "practice" is a good direction! For many years, I thought about this. But I am really confused why practicing the English language is not available. I think even native English speakers can practice English. I would love to have a way to practice my saved English words (not useless or stupid words that many English-learning-apps force you to learn — but my own!). I hope you got the idea.

The app does a good job. But many times it translates to a language (Chinese Simplified) from English differently than what I tried to say. Almost like AI decided what I wanted to say instead of what I actually said. And it was wrong. I have to retype several times until it gets it right. I always have to double check. When writing to someone, I don't dare send the translated English to another language without checking by reverse translation. Other than that, the app is okay.

I used to use this app all time on my iphone, and I recently switched to android and one thing is really annoying. The (new translation) button that used to be on the iPhone is not there anymore. when clicked, it empties the current translation and starts a new one. Simple as that. However, my Samsung S25 ultra doesn't have it. Since the phone has a huge screen, it is frustrating to reach to the top left corner to hit the X icon every single translation please fix this.

Used to be fantastic, 5 stars. Have been using for years. Now it fails to detect what language to translate, often outputting exactly what was input, untranslated. If there is any kind of spelling error, forget about it. Previously the app was intuitive, easy to use, accurately detected language, translated correctly and gave other possible translations. Now? Useless.