Google Translate is one of those utility tools that can save you in certain situations where you don’t know a foreign language. However, what if the service is down and isn’t working for some reason or maybe, you just don’t like how it works? To solve these issues, we have compiled a list of top 5 free alternatives to Google Translate which can help with your translations. Check these out.
Microsoft Translator
Offering, Business, educational and personal versions, Microsoft Translator is a smart translation app available for multiple operating systems such as Windows, iOS, and Android. It helps you translate images, screenshots, texts, and voice translations for more than 60 languages ranging from Hindi to Spanish, and Urdu to French. Not only that but Microsoft Translator offers integration with other Microsoft applications, like MS Office and Skype. The service can be used for free when translating for personal use.
Linguee
Linguee is a web-based service that launched back in 2009. The service helps you translate singular words or sentences in place of paragraphs and supports more than 25 dialects. The translator is completely ad-free and can be used offline as well when you have no internet connectivity. It shows you bilingual pair of sentences that are used in online publications so you can also know the context of various phrases in which they are used. It is available to use on Windows, iOS, and Android.
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DeepL
DeepL is also one of the free alternatives to Google Translate which can help you easily translate sentences in more than 26 languages. DeepL is touted to provide more accurate translations than Google’s as per user reviews. However, it is available only when you are connected to the internet so there’s that. Apart from that, DeepL seems to be one of the most powerful alternatives to Google’s translation service.
Yandex Translate
Yandex Translate is from the famous russian search engine called Yandex. It is one of those alternatives to Google Translate that comes the closest in terms of functionality and the choice of languages you get. You can select your languages from a drop-down menu, and with synchronized translation options for 100 languages. It can also translate entire websites, documents, and images as well.
Read More: How to use Google Translate Chrome extension?
Reverso
Reverso is a language translation suite, which includes dictionary and grammar checking functionality, primarily aiming to solve instant translation queries. You can
enter a word or expression and find countless examples in context to understand subtleties between different translations. It supports 18 languages in its App and also has grammar checking feature.
So these were our top 5 alternatives to Google Translate which we feel can provide you a similar if not identical experience. All translators have their own pros and cons but that also means that some of these may be able to help you better than how Google Translate would.