Microsoft Translator
Microsoft Translator is a free translation service from Microsoft for text, speech and images, available on the web as Bing Translator and in mobile apps. It is mainly used for quick translations and live conversations.
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Who it's for
Best for
Travelers and learners translating short text, speech or photos for free- Multilingual speakers checking quick sentences in less common languages
Not for
- UK or Australian English speakers relying on iOS voice input
Features
Text translation with auto-detect
Typed text is translated with automatic language detection across a long list of languages and dialects.
Listen and keyboard input
Translations can be played aloud, and an on-screen keyboard helps enter text in other scripts.
Image translation
An image can be captured with the capture option to translate the text it contains.
Conversation mode
A Conversation section supports translated multi-person conversations.
Apps and business options
Dedicated apps and a For business section sit alongside the web translator.
What users say
Pros
- Hebrew translates well, where Google Translate falls short.
- Colloquial phrasing and online slang are understood noticeably better than before.
- Short Welsh passages come out fairly reliable for quick work checks.
- The iPhone app makes real-time translation feel phenomenal in daily life.
- Community corrections allow translations to be checked and improved in both directions.
Cons
- Since iOS version 26.2.1, speech in UK and Australian English is not recognised at all.
- An app update broke Spanish-to-English translation, leaving only one direction working.
- Finnish output on Microsoft's own site read as badly machine-translated.
- Nonsense input is treated as a real language with an invented translation.
- Everyday translations can come out worse than Google Translate.
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