{"id":3685,"date":"2016-04-07T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/translation\/2016\/04\/07\/microsoft-translator-now-offers-the-most-comprehensive-translation-solution-for-the-ios-ecosystem\/"},"modified":"2016-04-07T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:25:00","slug":"microsoft-translator-now-offers-the-most-comprehensive-translation-solution-for-the-ios-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/2016\/04\/07\/microsoft-translator-now-offers-the-most-comprehensive-translation-solution-for-the-ios-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Translator now offers the most comprehensive translation solution for the iOS ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today we are announcing two new features for the Microsoft Translator app for iOS<\/a>, making it the most comprehensive free translation solution for iPhone, iPad and iPod users. In addition to text, conversation and image translation already available, we are adding support for offline (i.e. not connected to the Internet) and webpage translation.<\/p>\n

Until now, iPhone users needed an Internet connection if they wanted to translate on their mobile devices. Now, by downloading the Microsoft Translator app and the needed offline language packs, iOS users can get near online-quality translations even when they are not connected to the Internet. This means no expensive roaming charges or not being able to communicate when a data connection is spotty or unavailable.<\/p>\n

The new offline language packs use the same Deep Neural Network technology<\/a> we recently introduced in the Microsoft Translator app for Android<\/a>. Deep Neural Networks, also known as Deep Learning, are a state-of-the-art machine learning technology that have been used for almost a year by the Microsoft Translator online cloud service to deliver high-quality translations to Microsoft Translator apps<\/a> and Bing.com\/translator<\/a>. They are also used to power the speech translation technology in the new speech translation API<\/a> and Skype Translator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deep Neural nets allowed Microsoft Translator to be the first translation service to deliver online-quality* translations when downloadable language packs were added to the Android app<\/a> in February 2016. Now available for iOS users as well, they provide the highest-quality offline translation available on the market.<\/p>\n

In conjunction with this release, we are also adding 34 new languages to the list of offline languages supported by Microsoft Translator. Language packs can now be downloaded for all of the following languages. You can always view up-to-date language lists at www.microsoft.com\/translator\/languages.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Arabic<\/td>\nGreek<\/td>\nRomanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bosnian<\/td>\nHebrew<\/td>\nRussian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bulgarian<\/td>\nHindi<\/td>\nSerbian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catalan<\/td>\nHungarian<\/td>\nSlovak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinese Simplified<\/td>\nIndonesian<\/td>\nSlovenian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinese Traditional<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Croatian<\/td>\nJapanese<\/td>\nSwedish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Czech<\/td>\nKorean<\/td>\nThai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Danish<\/td>\nLatvian<\/td>\nTurkish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dutch<\/td>\nLithuanian<\/td>\nUkrainian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estonian<\/td>\nMalay<\/td>\nUrdu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Filipino<\/td>\nNorwegian<\/td>\nVietnamese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finnish<\/td>\nPersian<\/td>\nWelsh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
French<\/td>\nPolish<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
German<\/td>\nPortuguese<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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In addition to the new downloadable offline language packs, this update to the Microsoft Translator app for iOS includes a new Safari extension which lets users translate web pages within their Safari browser. After you have turned your extension on, whenever you find yourself on a webpage in a language you don’t understand, just click on “Microsoft Translator” from your list of available extensions and it will be translated automatically.<\/p>\n

Thanks to these new offline and Safari extension features users now have access to an unprecedented breadth of support for all their translations needs.<\/p>\n

For instance, next time you travel, you can use the Microsoft Translator to:<\/p>\n