Your default languages when launching the Translate app for the first time will be English and Spanish, assuming that your iPhone’s language is set to English. As such, here’s what you do to translate ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Traveling often means you get to explore different cultures and different foods. But besides the new cultural and gastronomic experiences, you're also introduced to different languages. That's why ...

The Google Translate app has been a worthy addition to any international traveler's tech arsenal ever since it launched in 2006; Google claims it now translates a trillion words every month. Not that ...

Here's what a tech writer uncovered while testing top translation apps on a recent trip to Europe and Asia. Google Translate provides translations for 249 languages with the option for audio ...

Apple’s Translate app is a great resource for those with wanderlust. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac The Translate app built into your iPhone is a hidden gem if you’re traveling abroad. It gives ...

— -- Captain Kirk had the universal translator, Arthur Dent had the Babel fish — and the rest of us have smartphones. There's one major difference, though. Neither the universal translator nor ...

Google Translate recently updated its iOS and Android applications, bringing Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese translation support to its augmented reality "Word Lens" feature. Thanks to the ...