Google translate is one of the most popular language translation services online. Not only can you access Google translate from any device on the web but it also has apps for both Android and iOS. using a site to translate is helpful at times, but apps are a lot much more helpful. Pulling out your laptop or tablet and then going to translate.google.com when you want to translate something is not very convenient, especially on the go which is when you’ll probably need equating much more often than not. Also, it helps if you know how to use your apps before you actually need them. here are some Google translate suggestions and tricks to help you out.

10 Google translate suggestions & Tricks

1. download languages offline

Google Translate: Offline translation

If you travel, many of the times you’ll need Google translate is when you’re on the go. in some cases you may not even have an Internet connection or any network. This would render the Google translate app useless but not anymore. some time ago Google introduced offline translations. For this though, you will first need to know which languages you’re going to translate to and fro from. launch the Google translate app then and go to Offline translation from the side menu drawer.

Select the language that you want to download for offline translation. A confirmation pop-up dialog appears now letting you know the size of the translation file, tap DOWNLOAD.  You can download as numerous languages as you want, provided your device has as much storage. These data tend to take up around 40 to 50MB each in general but some translation data may be smaller.

2. rapidly switch languages

Touchscreens on smartphones are great to use but in some cases the interface of an app doesn’t always make it clear which parts of it you can interact with and which parts won’t respond to touch. When equating between two languages you can tap on the arrows button in the middle to rapidly switch the translate to and translate from languages.

3. Share translations

Google Translate: share translation

When you translate something in the app, typically you would manually copy the text and then paste it in an email or any other app that you want to use the text in. The Google translate app provides an simpler option which is to tap on the three-dot menu button on the translation and select share. From the share menu, select the app, for instance, Gmail, and you’ll immediately be composing an email with the text already there.

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4. expand translation

Google Translate: expand translation
From the same menu that you can select Share, you can also select the option Fullscreen. It can be helpful to make you translation full screen when asking a local for something.

5. write to translate

Traditionally Google translate could only translate the text you typed into it. We don’t live in a world now where computers only understand keystrokes though. There are all kinds of input methods such as touch, and voice alongside the conventional methods. Google translate has developed with times and allows you to write on your screen as well. On the Google translate app, tap on Handwriting (Pen icon) and then write whatever you want to translate on the bottom half of your screen. Obviously, it isn’t possible to write full sentences on screens. So you can just stop after a word and that will be translated as well as moved aside so you can continue to write.

6. speak to translate

More often than not, you’ll find yourself in circumstances where you don’t exactly know what to write or how to write it. For instance, asking someone for directions who speaks a different language. Voice would be a much simpler way to use Google Translate. You can speak to translate by tapping on the Voice icon on the app. even better is the conversation mode where both celebrations can speak to your phone so you don’t have to switch back and forth between the two languages. First, speak in the language you know and Google translate can translate it, even speak it for you. then the other person talks in their language and Google translate does the same for you.

If you tap on the hand icon in the top-right corner, the app will even let the other party know that you want to talk using Google translate with them.

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7. Google translate video camera translation

Google Translate: video camera translation

Another cool feature of Google translate is the ability to translate real-world texts. For instance, text from a restaurant menu in Mandarin, or a book. All you have to do is point your video camera at the text. To do that, select video camera on the app’s main page and point it to text that you want to translate. like magic, you’ll immediately see translations in the viewfinder if you have the languages downloaded. You can also take a picture if yonull