Sometimes you have to write an email in another language. Maybe say something to a person. Or maybe ask for an address in the country you're on vacation. And we don't always know all the languages. So using a translator often becomes a necessity. But, What are the best online translators?
If you want to have alternatives beyond Google Translate and you want these to be good so as not to screw up and not be understood, take a look at the selection that we have made for you.
DeepL
Do you know him? It is one of the best alternatives to Google translator, but also one of the most powerful. It can translate in a few languages (right now it only has nine) and it will also make the sentence make sense. In addition, it will give you synonyms so that you can edit the phrase and make variations without losing its meaning.
Of course, it has a free version and a paid version. In the free one you will be able to translate up to 5000 characters and yes, you will also have the synonyms and the possibility to edit the text.
Best of all, the mobile app works offline, which will help you if you are in a place with poor coverage.
And what does the paid version do? Apart from giving you the possibility to translate long documents, it will also allow you to choose the style of the text (if it is formal, informal, childish, etc.) which helps to give it a context.
Prompt.One
Another of the best online translators that you can use is this one. It is perhaps something less known but just as good as the previous ones. For starters, it can translate more than 20 languages and its page is quite simple to use (and easy to do). It has advertising, but not too much to distract you or take time to load.
It also has a web version with one for applications, both for Android and iOS.
Regarding the amount of text, here we can have a problem because it has a limit of 999 characters (which means that the texts cannot be very long since it also counts the spaces).
Apart from the free version, it has two premium subscriptions, one monthly and one yearly. They are not expensive, and among the benefits you have are: Not having ads, synchronizing translations between the app and the web or having a program for Windows so as not to depend on the Internet.
Linguee
Another online translator option is Linguee, capable of translating more than 20 languages. Actually, it acts more like a dictionary, so it's not really useful for complete sentences, or texts, but rather to find the meaning of words or terms and see examples of how it is used.
In the examples themselves, it also shows you a translation of what it says, hence it can be useful to understand the context in which that word or group of words is used.
Translator The world
In its day, the translator of the newspaper El Mundo was one of the most important, even more than that of Google, because it had a higher reliability in terms of translations (it provided them with context and that made it much closer to what was what it really meant).
Now it's still important, but it's a bit outdated. You can translate only in English, Portuguese, French, German and Italian and also has a dictionary of synonyms.
Wordreference
Among the best online translators, we can take this one with “tweezers”. And it is that it is more a dictionary than a text translator. But why do we recommend it? Well, because the results it gives are the most complete.
But the best of all is that It also has a forum where you can ask questions and contribute your knowledge on phrases that can cause problems when being translated. (due to being ambiguous or due to problems understanding the context of the sentence).
Tradukka
We continue with translators and in this case this tool will allow you to translate in real time. It has 44 different languages and the way it builds the translated sentences borders on perfection (there are always some details that should be polished a bit).
You have an app to install on your mobile (at least on Android) and it uses voice recognition to be able to translate automatically. In other words, if you speak directly to the app, it can translate what you say to the other person and vice versa. That is why it can be very useful for businesses where they have to speak languages but do not master them.
Google Translator
We cannot talk about the best online translators and not about Google. Actually, it is the most popular and used. If you haven't done it before, know that you can translate written text directly or copy and paste. You can also listen to how the words of the text are pronounced and even translate an entire page.
Of course, there are times when the translation it does is not the best, especially because it does not take the context or certain phrases into account (many do, but others escape it), so it is useful to use it wisely, especially because sometimes you have to put the sentences in another way so that they make more sense.
Bing
Specifically, we are talking about the Bing translator. That you know that he is one of the best online translators, although it has other languages to translate (up to a total of more than 60).
When using it, you don't have to select the input language (as it happens with Google) but the tool can detect it (sometimes it can have problems). Then, it will translate it to you in the language you want.
In addition, You have the option of accepting the translation or not, with which feedback can be obtained.
As you can see, there are many best online translators that you can consult when you have a language problem. Can you recommend one that you know and know works well?