Translating dialogs

Dialog mode lets you communicate with users who speak another language.

Note

Some devices may not support some of the languages listed below.

Supported languages

Azerbaijani

English

Amharic

Arabic

Armenian

Burmese

Bulgarian

Hungarian

Vietnamese

Greek

Georgian

Danish

Hebrew

Indonesian

Spanish

Italian

Icelandic

Chinese

Korean

Khmer

Lao

Latvian

Lithuanian

Malay

German

Nepali

Dutch

Norwegian

Farsi

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbian

Slovak

Slovenian

Tagalog

Thai

Turkish

Ukrainian

Finnish

French

Hindi

Croatian

Czech

Swedish

Estonian

Japanese

Note

Dialog mode requires an internet connection. It doesn't work offline.

To communicate in dialog mode, do the following:

  1. Tap at the bottom of the screen.

  2. Configure access permissions.

    When launching dialog mode for the first time, the Allow access to microphone button appears. Tap it and select Allow in the pop-up window. If this window doesn't appear, it means you already allowed the app to access your mic.

  3. Select the languages you and the other user will be communicating in.

    Tap the language to change it.

  4. To start, tap the microphone button next to your language and speak. The translation will appear on the screen.

    The recording will stop automatically. To stop it manually, tap the button again.

    Phrases in your native tongue are displayed in a smaller font, while phrases in the target language are displayed in a larger font. To swap languages, tap on the language selection screen.

  1. Your phrase
  2. Play audio translation
  3. Their phrase
  4. Delete phrase (swipe left to reveal)
  5. Edit phrase
  6. Start recording
  7. Select language

Here is what you can do with your phrases:

Action

Execution sequence

Use text-to-speech

Tap next to the phrase you want to hear. The recording of the phrase will stop playing automatically. To stop it manually, tap the icon again.

Change the original phrase

Swipe the phrase to the left and tap .

Delete a phrase

Swipe the phrase to the left and tap .

Delete dialog

The Clear history button appears after you switch to another tab in Yandex Translate.

Tips for using the dialog mode:

  • Show the welcome screen to the person you're going to talk to and tell them how to use dialog mode.
  • Tap the microphone button next to your language before saying each phrase.
  • Speak in the selected language.
  • Try to speak in short sentences.
  • Speak loudly and in a steady voice, don't make long pauses.
  • Hold the microphone close to the sound source.
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