100% offline multilingual translator, phrasebook and PROMT dictionary without loss of translation quality. The Internet is only needed to translate web pages and via the clipboard. The English-Russian package is already included in the price of the application. Other languages - German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian - are available through in-app purchases.
Communicate without barriers!
Asking for directions in an unfamiliar city? Warn the waiter about allergies? Find out the bus schedule in a small town? Or just make new acquaintances? Now it’s much easier to do all this with the advent of the “Dialogue” mode. Select the desired combination of languages, specify the topic of translation - for example, “Travel” - and start communicating! The translator works in both text and voice mode.
Instant transfer from any application
Set up a Today screen widget for your clipboard. Use the " " button to send a link or text for translation from other applications.
High quality recognized by experts
For four years in a row, PROMT receives best ratings experts from the International Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) for automatic translation from English language into Russian.
The application is already configured for the most popular topics: study, correspondence, business, social media, health, natural sciences and humanities. And thanks modern design, designed specifically for iPhone and iPad, PROMT Offline is very convenient to use!
A complete dictionary for learning languages
Built-in dictionary with modern vocabulary contains translations of words and phrases, parts of speech and transcription. And to practice pronunciation, voicing words will be useful.
Photo translation
It is enough to take a photo of the text you are interested in or select any picture with text from the gallery, and in a moment you will be able to read unfamiliar words translated into your native language. If you are translating a menu, select the “Travel” theme, which will help you in the most common situations abroad, including during a visit to a cafe or restaurant.
Instantly translate messages to iMessage!
Add our plugin to iMessage and chat with friends around the world! You can enter outgoing messages from the keyboard, or simply say them out loud - the program will instantly recognize and translate your words.
You can translate text online (without the Internet) on your iPhone using free applications available for download in the AppStore.
It is almost impossible to travel and absorb the energy of still unexplored countries without communicating with local residents - this way you will not be able to understand the culture, feel the emotions of those who have never seen the harsh Russian winter and still believe in bears wandering the frozen streets of Siberian cities.
And sometimes, without knowing the language, you can’t buy a token in the subway or order sparkling wine in a restaurant. There are two ways to solve the problem of communication - immediately jump into English language courses and believe that the international language is familiar to everyone in Europe and China, or - download an offline translator on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and instantly turn into someone who can put together sentences on the fly without putting in any effort.
Google Translate
An advanced, multifunctional and truly technological tool for iPhone, capable of any feat related to translations and finding the right words. Developers from Google offer to understand sentences written by hand, and words drawn on signs and stops, help you understand pronunciation and foreign speech, and at the same time remind you how basic language constructs, with which you can easily order coffee or a taxi.
Yes, not all of the listed functions are available without access to the network (or more precisely, not all languages have such a function!), but even the initial capabilities are already enough for understanding. However, the main advantage of Google is not even in the number of translations, not in a special training section where every beginner will find answers to emerging questions, but in its omnivorousness.
Currently, the database contains 59 languages available without the Internet. It is not possible to find an application at least somewhat similar in scale. Neither on iPhone nor on Android with Windows.
If you really want to go abroad and understand other people’s lives, then Google must be not only on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, but also at a low start, like a revolver in the hands of a cowboy crossing a gloomy saloon, where it is not known from whom to expect a dirty trick.
Translate.Ru
Developers from PROMT are back on horseback. Previous errors associated with strange translations, which occurred 5-7 years ago, have been eliminated. The interface, which suffered from a bunch of unnecessary buttons, has now been brought to perfection. And the number of those supported without Internet access has grown to 16.
Yes, compared to Google, the figure is small, but there are free phrasebooks with frequently used phrases and sentences, and a special learning platform that can even teach those who skipped school or never contacted the chosen language even during an airplane flight in principle.
Working with Translate.ru is easy - you can enter or speak text, and then receive a response with the ability to select additional translations for some words.
Yandex.Translator
The application is an iPhone service that has not yet reached its final development, but is diligently moving along the beaten paths that Google prudently laid out. Yes, offline language support is still weak, it’s not possible to record information by voice the first time, and the built-in translation from the camera only works in ideal lighting from a certain angle. It’s worth taking a closer look at Yandex now. And the main reason for this is the developers.
No one will leave a domestic translator without support for more than a couple of weeks. Therefore, you can expect updates, unexpected innovations and technical fixes.
An update to Google's mobile translator with support for offline mode has been released in the App Store. Google Translate 5.0 could be an indispensable assistant for any traveler who no longer needs to speak the language of an unfamiliar country in order to easily navigate the terrain.
The fifth version of the Google translation application introduced translation from 52 languages and back without an Internet connection. To do this, after installing the update, you need to open the program and use the “Check and update” button. After this, in the Offline Translation section, you need to select the language for which you want to download the translation package and confirm loading the data into the device memory.
Google Translator supports instant translation of printed text, including using the camera. Recently, iPhone and iPad users can use the “Translate Now” feature. If earlier, using a camera, it was possible to photograph some text and then translate it, now the translation of a sign, menu or information about a museum exhibit is carried out instantly - it is displayed on the screen mobile device. To do this, just point the camera at the required text. The function can also be used without an Internet connection.
In addition, Google Translate has a conversation translation mode. When communicating with a native speaker of an unfamiliar language, the user needs to go to the voice translation mode in Google Translate, and then select the conversation translation mode. The application will automatically recognize which of the two dialogue languages the phrase is spoken in and will provide a voice translation. The function is available for 38 languages, including Russian.
Among the main features of Google Translate:
- Translate entered text into 103 languages and back.
- Offline translation. Translate into 52 languages and back without an Internet connection.
- Fast camera translation. Instant translation of any inscriptions from 28 languages.
- Camera mode. To translate text, just take a photo of it. 37 languages are supported.
- Talk mode. Automatic speech translation from 32 languages and back.
- Handwriting input. Write text by hand and translate it into any of 93 languages.
Several decades ago, the language barrier significantly limited communication between people from different countries among themselves, but today, in the era of globalization and technology development, cultural differences can be partially leveled by software methods.
A little history
Machine translation is one of the first large-scale tasks that was set before engineers immediately after the creation of computers. It is noteworthy that the most popular direction of translation was initially Russian-English, which allowed Americans to quickly process textual information (including, of course, intelligence information) coming from the USSR in the late 40s and early 50s. Work was also carried out in the opposite direction.
Why Google Translate is the best today
Just like 70 years ago, today the quality of translation depends mainly not on the skill of the programmers working on the application, but on the array of data on which it is trained. Naturally, no company in the world can compare with Google in terms of the volume of processed text information, and therefore the quality of translation. In rare cases, highly specialized applications and services can compete with Google Translator, but for the average user we can safely recommend Google Translate.
What the free Google Translate app for iPhone and iPad can do
Offline translation into 59 languages (online translation into 103 languages)
These are all the common languages and dialects of our planet, not counting the exotic ones spoken by two and a half African villages. That is, it will be very difficult for you to find a person on the Internet with whom it will be impossible to communicate through Google Translate. At the same time, 59 languages are available for offline downloading (separately) and use without an Internet connection.
You can download language packs at Settings programs in the section Offline translation.
You can enter a word (phrase) either manually or by voice.
If necessary, the translated phrase can be read out by clicking on the speaker icon.
In addition, the translation can be enlarged to full screen by pressing this button.
Conversation mode (instant automatic voice translation) in 32 languages
If you go to a foreign language country and try to communicate with people on the street, then instead of text input it will be much more convenient to use voice input. You say a phrase in native language into the microphone of your smartphone or tablet, and Google Translator instantly responds through the speakers in the language of the local aboriginal.
This translation is currently available for 32 directions, including Russian, English, German, French and other languages.
Translation from camera or photo into 37 languages
Another problem that Google's interpreter can solve is the translation of inscriptions, signs, and signs without text input. For example, when traveling around Asia, you don’t have to install all the necessary keyboards with hieroglyphs on your iPhone; you just need to point the camera at a sign with a Chinese or Japanese inscription, and the application will independently recognize and translate the text from or into 37 languages. You can also recognize text on an uploaded image in the same way, or even draw characters you saw the day before from memory (Google Translate recognizes handwritten text in 93 languages).
Phrasebook - your own list of necessary words and phrases
It would be a good idea to take advantage of the opportunity to create your own phrasebook. The application allows you to mark and save translations of words and expressions for later use. All languages are supported. To save, click the star. All saved translations will be automatically placed in the tab of the same name.
Handwriting
Simply write the text by hand and translate it into any of the 93 available languages.
A good text translator, in many situations, can make our life much easier. Especially when it comes to work or travel.
Thanks to the development of technology, there is no longer any need to go to the library (I remember doing this myself) or buy multi-volume dictionaries - a device that can replace several shelves with half-kilogram books now fits in your pocket.
No matter how well you speak English, in some texts you will come across words that are unknown to you. In such cases, a good, correct translator will be very useful and will help you understand exactly what is being said. So I’m sure that the selection of programs I made for iPhone and iPad will definitely be useful to you.
Google Translate
Probably the most famous application of this kind, the web version of which many of us use every day in our work. Google Translate copes well even with large texts of around 10 thousand characters, understands slang, has a built-in speech recognition function, and supports voice acting. And all this is available for more than a hundred languages, half of them without access to the Internet.
Another interesting option is camera translation. It is enough to point it at an unfamiliar inscription and activate the corresponding function. Without exaggeration, a mega-useful option for tourists and travelers.
I recently wrote that the developers have implemented the ability to work offline in the iOS application, for which you just need to download the necessary dictionaries. Considering that the most popular pairs are English, German and Russian, the whole thing will take just over 100 MB, which is almost nothing.
Translator PROMT (offline)
A multilingual translator from Russian developers that can work completely without Internet access and stands out from others with a number of interesting features. In particular, the user receives such useful features as:
breakdown into thematic dictionaries, which increases the accuracy of translation (business, study, travel, etc.);
the ability to work with text from any application;
translation history up to a thousand actions (!);
built-in phrasebook, phrases in which are voiced by native speakers;
the ability to practice your own pronunciation and compare it with the original.
Simple and nothing extra.
Yandex. Translator
Another free translator, created by the developers of the Yandex search engine. Its main feature is an excellent understanding of the morphology of Russian and Ukrainian language, which in some cases allows you to use a higher quality result.
About 60 languages are available, there are examples of using phrases, voice input, translation from photos, saving the result in “Favorites”, and others nice little things. Separately, it is worth noting support for Apple Watch, which other applications on our list do not have.
Abby Lingvo Live for iOS
The development from Abby Lingvo is deservedly considered the best in its class. True, this translator is not suitable for translating large texts, but it copes with words and individual sentences “excellently”. Although, in latest versions We also added a full-text mode, but you already need to test this option yourself.
In the screenshot above you can see an example of what an English-Russian translation looks like with transcription, and in general, 130 dictionaries are available for 14 languages, and even with voice acting. So German, Spanish, Italian and other languages popular in Europe are supported initially.
Lingvo is available only for iPhone and requires Internet access to work. If you want to use the application’s capabilities offline, you will have to pay a monthly or annual subscription, which costs 229 rubles. and 999 rubles, respectively.
Certainly, the best option There will always be language learning, but translation programs can be a great help in many situations. It is worth noting that almost everything on our list is free, which means you can install it on your iOS device without any problems.
