How to Change the Language on Google Translate

Written by Jack Lloyd

This wikiHow teaches you how to change one or both of the language input areas on Google Translate.

Method 1

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It's a blue and white app with a white "G" on the left of it.
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Tap one of the displayed languages. The language on the left side of the screen is the language you would like to translate a word or phrase from, and the language on the right side displays the language you would like your word or phrase translated to.
- If you're changing the language input field, you'll have an option to select Detect language , which is a feature that analyzes your input text and chooses the most appropriate language. This is useful if you want to translate a word or phrase and you aren't sure what language it is in.
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Tap a language. You should see a menu with languages appear; selecting a language from here will apply it to its related field.
- You may need to scroll down to find the language you want.
- You may also tap the two opposite-facing arrows at the top of the page to reverse the output and input fields.
- Languages with a downward-facing arrow next to them have an offline translation file available.
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Method 2

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It's at http://translate.google.com/ .
The set of languages and the window on the left side of the page is the area where you enter a word or phrase, while the window on the right side is where the translation appears.
This button is to the right of the right-most language option above one of the windows.
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Click a language. You should see a drop-down window with over 100 languages listed; clicking one will apply it to your selected window.
- You can repeat this process for the other window if the default options on this page are both unsuited to your needs.
- Clicking the opposite-facing arrows above the input field will switch the languages.
- You can also click Detect Language for input text to allow Google Translate to attempt to determine the language.
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The translations afforded by Google include variations based on colloquialisms and other changes in dialect. These are typically listed below the output field.

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The "Detect Language" feature isn't 100 percent accurate. If you know the language you're using, you should just select it.

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