I recommend using this only after you alert your interlocutor to the fact that the translation is OFTEN wrong, and only if your ability in the foreign language is high enough that you can recognize when it has made mistakes. Explaining that you didn't mean to say that may only partially ameliorate the situation. The emotional (and therefore relational, and possibly therefore financial) damage will be done upon hearing. And you are risking that it says something offensive before you have the opportunity to correct it. If you are traveling in another country, then the price is trivially low, since this could make an enormous difference in what you are able to do while you travel.Īt the same time, you are risking the translation not simply being wrong, but saying exactly the opposite of what you intended. "I studied Linguistics at the University of Michigan" was not correctly recognized, but instead was interpreted as an obscenity. I tried it again and got the correct result: "Gabriel eu matei uma mosca". "Gabriel I killed a fly" first came out as "Broke that father"-completely unrelated and not even in the right language. I tried to avoid trivial sentences like "hi, how are you?" since any conversation that matters will quickly become much more complex than that. I got results ranging from bizarre to the opposite of what I said to accurate to obscene. I used English to Portuguese for my tests, since I can normally detect errors in translations into Portuguese. The interface is very nice-much better than Google Translate-but the translation in my tests was almost always mistaken. Mister zed's Review of Itranslate Converse Reviewed on 8/23/18 2:50 PM Keep trying star star star_border star_border star_border You can also see from other comments that I’m not the only one. Kimo123's Review of Itranslate Converse Reviewed on 8/26/18 7:13 AM Focus on fixing issues rather than on justifying your practices. My advice to the developer: when you’re in a hole, stop digging. They know that and many buyers know that as well as you can see from the comment. This app only uses a small Apple alert that can be easily missed. I have many apps and all the paid ones are very clear when it comes to request a payment. I am sure that the developer will continue to dig his heels and try to convince people that their payment terms as like anyone else. I will leave it up to the reader to judge if users are supposed to read all terms and fine print for every downloaded app or if it is the developers job to ensure transparency (as 99% of developers already do) around when a user is charged or not. I now also received a response from the developer, saying that I don’t understand “how it works” and did not read the terms properly. Sorry for not rating the App itself but after this first impression I have lost trust and haven’t even tried it. These practices should be stopped as everyone is entitled to transparency and understanding when he/she is subscribing to a service. If you’re not careful, you will be subscribed without any additional warnings. The App tricks you into a subscription just for downloading the App. I don’t know if this is the new App Store System or the idea of the Developers. Kimo123's Review of Itranslate Converse Reviewed on 9/3/18 7:00 AM If all you need is a dictionary to support your studies, try WordReference and Linguee, or Pleco for Chinese and SpanishDict for Spanish.Careful!!! Tricks you into a subscription star star_border star_border star_border star_border ITranslate seems suitable for traveling and communication in different languages. Although iTranslate translates into over 100 languages, check the website to verify which languages are supported in the other apps. To get the most out of your subscription, iTranslate includes five different apps that can support language learning and communication through text, voice, and games. You can also use the iTranslate Keyboard in any texting app to receive instant translations. Two people who don’t speak the same language can use iTranslate Converse as a mediator between them, translating each sentence to create a transcript on their phone (with a slight delay). It differs in that you can also take pictures of objects in your surroundings and receive translations into your target language (although it’s not clear what the boundaries are on this function). Like with Google Translate, you can take pictures of text in your surroundings, such as signs or newspapers, and receive instant translations into your native language. At first glance, it seems similar to Google Translate’s free app, but a couple of extra paid features make a big difference. ITranslate is a dictionary, thesaurus, and phrasebook.
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