Google Translate English to Spanish |
For example’s sake, here’s how to Google translate English to Spanish on an iPhone or iPad with Google Translate for iOS:
1. Download the Google Translate app from the App Store to translate form English to Spanish for free
Head over to the app store and download “Google Translate.” It’s an iPhone app that’s not designed for the iPad’s large screen, so iPad users will have to run it in a window.
2. Pick your languages. In this example Google translate English to Spanish.
In the main screen of Google Translate, tap the two bubbles at the top of the screen to select which languages Google Translate should use. Your recent languages are shown at the top, and languages that support speech input and output are designated by dark icons next to their names. Select the language you want to translate from and the language you want to translate to, and you’ll be taken back to the main screen.
3. Enter your translation. This step will translate from English to Spanish using Google translate app
You can either enter your translation by typing it in with the keyboard, or if the language is supported, dictating into the iPhone or iPad microphone. Tap the text field if you’d like to use the keyboard, or tap the microphone button if you’d rather dictate.
If you chose to dictate, talk slowly and enunciate your words very clearly, and Google Translate does a great job of understanding you. In my testing, it rarely made mistakes, and when it did, they were easily correctable with the keyboard.
4. View the results or have them read back
Google Translate will then process your translation. The results will show the translated word or phrase complete with a dictionary entry and common conjugations. If you click the speaker icon, Google Translate will read back the text to you complete with the appropriate accent; there are no robots here.
While Google Translate isn’t perfect it will definitely work in a pinch. Travelling and need to know how to say something? Just speak into your phone, and a few seconds later you’ll be able to ask someone and even sound good doing it. No more thumbing through phrase books, all you need now is your iPhone.