Hear live speech to speech translations with Live translate

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Translate app .
2. At the bottom, select the languages for your conversation.
3. At the bottom, tap Live translate .
   • The microphone automatically detects when one language stops and the other language starts.
4. To hear a translation, tap any part of the text.
5. To pause or resume translation, tap Speak .
6. To exit translation, at the top, tap Back .

Face to face mode

In the face to face mode, each speaker can view the transcription and translation of each of their own languages on each half of the screen.

1. To view translations in the face to face mode, tap Face to face .
2. To pause or resume translation, tap Speak .
3. To exit face to face mode, tap Close .

Auto playback

When Auto playback is turned on, the app automatically reads translations when a speaker pauses.

• To turn "Auto playback" on or off, tap Auto playback .

Tip: To adjust text size, tap Settings . Then, use the slider.

Use Live translate with headphones

Important:

• Only Android users in the US, IN, and MX can access Live translate with headphones.

List of supported languages:

af am ar az bg bn ca zh-TW cs da de el en es et eu fa fa-AF fi tl fr fr-CA gl gu hi hu hr

hy id is it iw ja jw ka km kn ‘ko lo lt lv mk ml mn mr ms my ne no nl pa pa-Arab pl pt

pt-PT ro ru si sk sl sq sr su sv sw ta te th tr uk ur uz vi zu

• To use Live translate with headphones, connect any brand of headphones to your Android mobile device. 
• Make sure that your device is on the latest app version.

To listen to audio in a language you don't understand, connect your headphones to your mobile device and listen to real-time translations in a language you do understand.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, connect your headphones.
2. Open the Translate app.
3. At the bottom, tap Live translate.
4. Under “Their language,” select a language you understand. 
   • If you're unsure of the language, select Auto Detect.
5. Under “Your language,” select your preferred language or the language you want to hear on your headphones.
6. To translate, tap Start.
7. At the bottom left, tap the dropdown menu.
8. Select a mode to let you listen, have a conversation, or just read a transcript:

• Listening mode: Translate continuously listens and translates to your desired language to your headphones.
• Conversation mode: Translate listens for multiple languages. It alternates translations between the 2 languages.
• Silent mode: You can find the translations on the screen but there’s no audio output.

Send feedback for Google Translate

1. In the Google Translate App, at the top right, tap Settings   Send feedback  Get started.
2. Enter your feedback.
3. Tap Send.

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