15 Mobile Translation Apps for the International Businessperson
If you are looking for a high-quality mobile translation app to boost your efficiency and the quality of your client relations as an international businessperson, Here is a list of 15 mobile translation apps to consider:
1:- Lonely Planet Phrasebooks
This application offers the advantage of hearing and speaking phrases in the proper accent, which comes in handy when you need to rely on critical messages or information to your international client. Each paid application comes with more than 600 spoken phrases that are organized by activity.
2:- Stepes
What makes the Stepes translation app so impressive is that it is powered by the largest multilingual terminology platform in the world. Millions of different technical terms are translated into over 100 different languages by a massive team consisting of more than 100,000 translators from within 6 continents that have accumulated years of experience in this field.
3:- iLingual
This iPhone application allows you to take a picture of your mouth and then the application will “communicate” your inputted phrase, comment or question as you hold your mobile device up to your mouth.
4:- World Nomads Language Guides
This application provides more than 200 spoken phrases for 25 different available languages. A premium version of the application offers more than 500 phrases for $1.99, but both versions come with a language lesson podcast.
5:- Babelshot
This premium translation app allows you to take pictures of signs, menus and other printed text with your phone and have the application to translate it for you in your native tongue.
6:- Jibbigo
This $24.99 application is very expensive but much more affordable than having a personal interpreter. All you need to do is speak what you want to say into the application and it will playback your statements in the desired language.
7:- Coolgorilla Talking Phrasebooks
A major selling point of this application is its search bar, which allows you to simply type in words to find their corresponding translations instead of searching through various category menus to find what you want.
8:- Navita Translator
This Blackberry application works just like an online translation service — allowing you to select Bing Translator, Google Dictionary or Google Translator as your primary translation source.
9:- Email Translator
You can use this application to add translation options to your Inbox instead of copying and pasting the emails within an online translator. It is free, but the translation is not flawless.
10:- ProTranslateLite
This application does not provide perfect transcriptions and needs to have an active data connection to work, but it comes with a simplistic and user-friendly interface.
11:- Babelphone
This application contains over 200 phrases that you can use in practical conversations. The spoken translation and text are provided which comes in handy if you do not know how to properly pronounce specific characters in a foreign tongue.
12:- Talk to Me Classic
The voice syncing is a little off, especially since you will essentially need to talk with a robotic voice for it to understand you.
13:- Google Translate
This is perhaps one of the most popular options for Android users to consider, especially since it is a free application that allows you to access a rich dictionary filled with in-depth definitions.
14:- Translate
Translate works very similar to Google Translate but has a unique interface in comparison along with a “random word” capability.
15:- Slovoed Dictionaries
Slovoed is powered by an online database of more than 100 million users and over 1,500 phrasebooks and dictionaries. It currently exceeds 40 languages and uses more than 10 key platforms using a combination of ongoing market research and face-to-face conversations with leading hardware manufactures and publishers.
