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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]