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Translate (Apple)

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Translate
Developer(s)Apple Inc.
Initial releaseSeptember 16, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-09-16) (iOS)
September 20, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-20) (iPadOS)
Operating systemiOS and iPadOS
PlatformiPhone 6S and iPhone SE (1st generation) or later
iPad Mini 4 or later
iPad (5th generation) or later
iPad (6th generation) or later
iPad Pro (1st generation) or later
TypeTranslation software
LicenseProprietary
Websitehttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/translate/id1514844618

Translate is a translation app developed by Apple for their iOS and iPadOS devices. Introduced on June 22, 2020, it functions as a service for translating text sentences or speech between several languages and was officially released on September 16, 2020, along with iOS 14. All translations are processed through the neural engine of the device, and as such can be used offline.[1]

History

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On June 7, 2021, Apple announced that the app would be available on iPad models running iPadOS 15, as well as Macs running macOS Monterey alongside other system-wide translation features. The app was officially released for iPad models on September 20, 2021, along with iPadOS 15.

On June 6, 2022, Apple announced six new languages, Turkish, Indonesian, Polish, Dutch, Thai and Vietnamese. The six new languages work on iPhone 8 or later, iPhone 8 Plus or later, iPhone X or later, iPhone SE (2nd generation) or later, iPad Air (3rd generation) or later, all iPad Pro models, iPad Mini (5th generation) or later and iPad (5th generation) or later. The Turkish, Indonesian, Polish, Dutch and Thai languages were added to the app on June 22, 2022, the second anniversary of the announcement of the app. The Vietnamese language was added to the app on July 27, 2022.

iOS 16 introduced the ability to translate text through the camera, allowing users to translate text on objects or physical documents in real-time.[2]

On June 5, 2023, the new Ukrainian language was added to the app. The new language works on iPhone Xs or later, iPhone SE (2nd generation) or later, iPad Air (3rd generation) or later, iPad Pro (2nd generation) or later, iPad Mini (5th generation) or later and iPad (6th generation) or later.

On June 10, 2024, the new Hindi language was added to the app. The new language works on iPhone Xs or later, iPhone SE (2nd generation) or later, iPad Air (3rd generation) or later, iPad Pro (3rd generation) or later, iPad Mini (5th generation) or later and iPad (7th generation) or later.

Languages

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Translate originally supported the translation between the UK (British) and US (American) dialects of English, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, the European dialect of Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, the Brazilian dialect of Portuguese and Russian.[3] This grew to 17 languages as six new languages - Turkish, Indonesian, Polish, Dutch, Thai and Vietnamese, were added in 2022. Support for Ukrainian was added with iOS 17,[4] bringing the number of supported languages to 18, and then Hindi with iOS 18[citation needed], bringing the number of supported languages to 19.

All languages support dictation and can be downloaded for offline use.

Language Date added
Arabic 2020
Chinese (Simplified) 2020
Chinese (Traditional) 2021
Dutch 2022
English (UK) 2020
English (US) 2020
French 2020
German 2020
Hindi 2024
Indonesian 2022
Italian 2020
Japanese 2020
Korean 2020
Polish 2022
Portuguese (Brazil) 2020
Russian 2020
Spanish (Spain) 2020
Thai 2022
Turkish 2022
Ukrainian 2023
Vietnamese 2022

Languages not yet supported

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These are all the languages that are not yet supported on Apple Translate but have been planned for future iOS versions. (It says "Is not currently supported for translation")

  1. Abkhaz
  2. Afrikaans
  3. Albanian
  4. Armenian
  5. Assamese
  6. Azerbaijani
  7. Bashkir
  8. Basque
  9. Belarusian
  10. Bengali
  11. Bosnian
  12. Bulgarian
  13. Burmese
  14. Catalan
  15. Cherokee
  16. Croatian
  17. Czech
  18. Danish
  19. Dari
  20. Dhivehi
  21. Dutch
  22. Dzongkha
  23. Esperanto
  24. Estonian
  25. Faroese
  26. Fijian
  27. Filipino (Tagalog)
  28. Finnish
  29. Frisian
  30. Galician
  31. Georgian
  32. Greek
  33. Greenlandic
  34. Gujarati
  35. Haitian Creole
  36. Hebrew
  37. Hmong
  38. Hungarian
  39. Icelandic
  40. Ilocano
  41. Inuktitut
  42. Irish
  43. Javanese
  44. Kannada
  45. Kashmiri
  46. Kazakh
  47. Khmer
  48. Kinyarwanda
  49. Kurdish
  50. Kyrgyz
  51. Lao
  52. Latin
  53. Latvian
  54. Lithuanian
  55. Luxemburgish
  56. Macedonian
  57. Malay
  58. Malayalam
  59. Manx
  60. Maltese
  61. Marathi
  62. Mongolian
  63. Nepali
  64. Norwegian (Bokmal)
  65. Oriya (Odia)
  66. Papiamento
  67. Pashto
  68. Persian
  69. Punjabi
  70. Quechua
  71. Romanian
  72. Sanskrit
  73. Serbian
  74. Sicilian
  75. Sindhi
  76. Sinhala
  77. Slovak
  78. Slovenian
  79. Sundanese
  80. Swedish
  81. Tajik
  82. Tamil
  83. Tatar
  84. Telugu
  85. Tibetan
  86. Turkmen
  87. Urdu
  88. Uyghur
  89. Uzbek
  90. Welsh

References

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  1. ^ "Translate text, voice, and conversations on iPhone". Apple Support. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  2. ^ "iOS 16: How to Translate Text in the Camera App". MacRumors. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  3. ^ "Apple's new Translate app works offline with 11 languages". 22 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  4. ^ "Apple translator receives important update for Ukrainians". RBC-Ukraine. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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