Languages app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 9152 ratings )
Travel Reference
Developer: iTranslate
2.99 USD
Current version: 1.1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 25 Oct 2012
App size: 43.41 Mb

Ultra-fast translation dictionary that works without an internet connection.

Features
◆ Offline translation. Most translation apps require an internet connection. Languages stores all words on the phone itself so you always have translation when you need it, whether you are traveling internationally or simply dont have a connection.
◆ Lightning fast. Start typing a few letters and boom, you already have the translation you need.
◆ Unified search. Type a word from either language and youll get the results you want. No more switching modes.
◆ Search or browse. Search is great but sometimes its useful and fun to explore a language by browsing through the words alphabetically.
◆ Innovative A-Z index for quick browsing.
◆ Common phrases included for most languages.

12 complete language dictionaries included
◆ Spanish-English
◆ German-English
◆ French-English
◆ Italian-English
◆ Dutch-English
◆ Portuguese-English
◆ Swedish-English
◆ French-Italian
◆ French-Spanish
◆ German-French
◆ German-Italian
◆ German-Spanish

Most offline translation apps charge $5+ for each language pair. With Languages you get all language pairs for one low price.

Pro Tips
◆ Tap and hold the index to magnify the letters.
◆ Swipe to the right to search.
◆ In search, swipe to the left to go back to the dictionary.
◆ In search, swipe to the right to clear a search (much faster than reaching for the clear button).
◆ Pinch to close a language dictionary.
◆ Tap and hold to move a dictionary on the shelf.
◆ Tap a word to copy it or to jump to the main entry for that word in the dictionary.
◆ Tap the flag icon to switch the primary language.

Languages is brought to you by Sonico Mobile, the leader in language translations apps, and Tapity, Inc., winner of a 2011 Apple Design Award.

Email us and tell us how we can make Languages better: [email protected]

Pros and cons of Languages app for iPhone and iPad

Languages app good for

Suggestion: Automatically select the whole word when going back to the lookup page.
This is the killer feature. Once youve downloaded the dictionaries you need, youre good to go.
Mainly using Spanish-English and am content. App crashes sometimes but is well-made.
Very good app, just need new Languages, even if need to pay a bit more, i miss a french-portuguese one.
Works well, very neat user interface and most of all, WiFi-free.. Awesome !
Only 99¢ for 12 language dictionaries covering 7 Languages… Amazing!

Some bad moments

Only the english-german and the english-spanish part was installed. installation of the other versions not possible. That is not what I wanted!
Works very well, but an update with an iOS 7 design and support for the iPad would be much appreciated.
There are two things I needed this app to do: open quickly and work well. It does not do either of these. Its slow as molasses opening (on an iPhone 4S) and it has also only had about 25% of the words Ive tried to look up in both French and Italian.
Fine for nouns, but no verb conjugations (in Spanish) so bad luck trying to figure out anything that isnt the root form of the verb, ie most normal speech or text. Not very helpful.
Terrible dictionary. Doesnt have half the words I try to look up. Not even as simple a word as "loisible," nor the verb "saisir."
Vocabularies are very rudimentary, no transcriptions or audio, how would I know how to pronounce a word?