How to use Google Translate app offline- Android & iPhone

Time needed: 1 minute

Google Translator provides many convenient features such as translation using Camera, handwriting, conversation and Voice. One more is the app can also be used offline. For this, you need to download both languages, the source language and the language you want to translate into. If you want to translate from Hindi to English, English to German etc. you will need the translation files for both of these two languages.

1. Download Google Translation app

   
   If you already have the app installed on your Android or iPhone/iPad then simply move to the next step. Otherwise, go to your respective App store and download the Google Translate app.
   
   

2. Select the Default translation language of the app

   
   After the installation of the Google translation app, it will ask you to set the primary language of the app. Along with an option to download the language file of the same for the offline translation.
   
   

3. In the top left, tap the three bars and Select “Offline translation”:

   
   To access all the available languages which we can take offline, click on the offline translation option which is available under the burger icon given on the left top side of the Google translate app.
   
   

4. Select the desired language and tap it to download for offline:

   
   Now you will see almost all common languages of this world like Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, German etc. Tap on the download arrow icon given at the front of each language which you want to take for offline usage.
   The size of the translation file is displayed in a new window…
   
   

5. Now Speak or write to translate your native language

   
   Now, even if you put your phone offline still you will the app will successfully translate the selected language you speak or write.