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Translate text in apps and using the camera on iPhone

You can translate text in apps such as Photos, Safari, Messages, Mail, supported third-party apps, and more. You can also use the iPhone camera to translate text around you.

Note: Translation is available for supported languages. See the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website.

Translate text in apps

You can select any text to translate in apps such as Safari, Messages, Mail, supported third-party apps, and more. When you enter text on your iPhone, you can even replace what you wrote with a translation.

  1. Select the text you want to translate, then tap Translate. (If you don’t see it, tap the Show More Items button to see more options.)

  2. Below the text translation, you can tap any of the following:

    • Replace with Translation: Replace your original text with the translation (available only when entering text).

    • Copy Translation: You can paste the translation somewhere else, such as a different app.

    • Change Language: Choose any of the supported languages for the original text and the translation.

    • Add to Favorites: See the list of your favorite translations in the Translate app .

    • Open in Translate: Do more with the translation in the Translate app.

Translate text in photos

On supported models, when you view a photo with text, tap the Detect Text button, select the text to translate, then tap Translate.

Translate what you see through the camera

On supported models, you can translate text using the iPhone camera.

  1. Open the Camera app , then position iPhone so that the text appears on the screen.

  2. After the yellow frame appears around detected text, tap the Detect Text button.

  3. Select the text to translate, then tap Translate.

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