Translate

Yandex Browser for Mobile automatically detects the language of the loaded page and can translate it into another language of your choice. The translator can recognize text in images and show the translation on top of the original text.

Yandex Translate windows

In this mode, you can translate text, images, or a website page directly on the current tab.

Translate pages automatically

If you want the browser to translate pages automatically when you open them:

  1. Tap  →  → Yandex Translate.

  2. Turn on the Automatic page translation option.

Disable automatic page translation

  1. Tap  →  → Yandex Translate.

  2. Turn off the Automatic page translation option.

Translation doesn't work

The translator is enabled in the browser by default. Make sure that you haven't turned it off manually:

  1. Tap  →  → Yandex Translate.

  2. Make sure that the following options are enabled:

    • Offer to translate pages.

    • Automatic page translation (you don’t need to request translation: pages are automatically translated into the interface language).

    • Automatic image translation (text in images is also translated along with the rest of the page).

    • Translate words and phrases.

In this mode, Yandex Translate opens in a separate tab.

Use one of the following methods to open it:

  • Tap  → .

  • On the bottom panel, tap .. Under Tableau, select Translation.

If there is no Translate button, check if this option is enabled in the settings:

  1. Tap  → .

  2. In the Cards on the Home screen section, enable the Neural tools option.

History

  • To view the translation history, tap  → History.

  • To delete a translation from history, swipe it to the left and tap .

Pages

To translate a page from a foreign language to Russian, tap  → Translate page.

The  icon will appear to the right of the SmartBox, and at the top of the screen you will see a translation panel showing the progress.

Change translation language

To translate a page into the language of your choice, select the desired language from the list on the translation panel.

Note

If automatic image translation is enabled in the settings, images are also translated into the new target language. If automatic image translation is disabled, after you change the translation language, tap  at the top of the screen on the translation bar.

To return to the page in the original language:

In the SmartBox

Click  to the right of the SmartBox.

From the translation bar

Tap on the right of the translation bar.

From the page menu

Tap  → Show original.

To disable Yandex Translate:

  1. Tap  →  → Yandex Translate.

  2. Disable Offer to translate pages.

  1. Use one of the following methods:

    • Tap  → .

    • On the bottom panel, tap .. Under Tableau, select Translation.

    Yandex Translate will open in a new tab.

  2. Enter the website URL in the input line.

  3. Above the input line, select the translation language → tap . Yandex Translate will provide the result as a link.

  4. Tap the link to open the translated site in a new tab.

Words and phrases

The browser translates individual words and sentences into Russian. To see the translation of a word or phrase, select it on the page. The translation bar appears at the top of the screen.

To see all translations of a word or phrase:

  1. Select them in the text.

  2. On the panel that appears, tap  → Yandex Translate.

Disable translation

  1. Tap  →  → Yandex Translate.

  2. Disable Translate words and phrases.

  1. Use one of the following methods:

    • Tap  → .

    • On the bottom panel, tap .. Under Tableau, select Translation.

    Yandex Translate will open in a new tab.

  2. Enter a word or phrase in the input line.

  3. Above the input line, select the translation language → tap .

The window will display the translation of the word with synonyms and examples of use. Select an action:

  • To select another language to translate to, tap  above the image.

  • To voice the translated word, tap .

  • To copy the translation, tap .

  • To rate the translation, tap  or .

Translate images

One image

  1. Tap and hold the image.

  2. In the context menu, select Translate image. The translation appears on top of the original image.

View original image

1. Tap and hold the image.

2. In the context menu, select Show original.

An image isn’t translated

Image text can't be translated if:

  • The image isn't clear enough.

  • The text is handwritten or cursive.

  • The image is too small.

All images

  • If Automatic image translation is enabled in the settings, you can simply translate the page.

  • If Automatic image translation is disabled, tap  on the translation bar at the top of the screen.

To see the original text in images, tap  .. To see the page and the images in their original language, tap  on the translation bar.

Note

You can also translate images that are not part of a page. You can translate a photo or image from a device in tab mode or in Yandex Images.

Enable automatic image translation

If you want the browser to translate images automatically when it translates a page:

  1. Tap  → → Yandex Translate.

  2. Enable Automatic image translation.

Disable automatic image translation

If you don't want the browser to translate images automatically when translating a page:

  1. Tap  →  → Yandex Translate.

  2. Disable Automatic image translation.

  1. Use one of the following methods:

    • Tap  → .

    • On the bottom panel, tap .. Under Tableau, select Translation.

    Yandex Translate will open in a new tab.

  2. Tap  to upload an image from your device.

  3. Above the input line, select the translation language → tap .

The window will display the image with the translation over the original text. Select an action:

  • To select another language to translate to, tap  above the image.

  • To save the translated image, tap  .

  • To rate the translation, tap  or .

Translate subtitles

Restriction

Yandex provides subtitles for videos on a number of hosting sites, including Coursera, VK, YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, and 9GAG.

Yandex Browser supports subtitles for all videos that it can translate. To enable and configure subtitles:

  1. In the video, tap .

  2. To configure subtitles, tap  and select:

    • Language: Select the original or target language. If the video already has subtitles, you can select the service's subtitles instead of Yandex ones.
    • Highlight words: The words that are currently being spoken are highlighted. The option is only available for Yandex subtitles in the original language.

Note

To look up the translation of a word in the subtitles, simply click it. The video will pause, and the translation of the word and phrase will appear in a pop-up window. To continue watching, click anywhere inside the video window.

I can’t enable subtitles with video translation

  1. Tap  →  → Yandex Translate.

  2. If you're watching a video in fullscreen mode or on top of other apps (picture-in-picture), subtitles aren't available. To enable and configure subtitles, return to normal mode. Then you can reopen the video in fullscreen or on top of apps.

How to enable subtitles without translation

  1. Next to the translation icon, tap .

  2. Enable Subtitles.

  3. In Language, select the video's original language. If the platform has its own subtitles, you can also select them.

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