Supported Languages for Translation

SpeakerView’s translation feature is built on Apple’s on-device Translation framework. Every language below is translated entirely on your iPhone — no internet connection is needed once the language has been downloaded once, and your speech text is never sent to any server. See What Data Does SpeakerView Collect?.

Quick-pick languages

These four appear at the top of the language list for fast access, since they’re the most commonly requested:

  • 🇪🇸 Spanish
  • 🇫🇷 French
  • 🇮🇹 Italian
  • 🇨🇳 Mandarin (Simplified)

Full language list

All languages below are available under “All Languages” on the Translate screen, in alphabetical order:

  • 🇸🇦 Arabic
  • 🏳️ Catalan
  • 🇨🇳 Chinese (Simplified)
  • 🇹🇼 Chinese (Traditional)
  • 🇭🇷 Croatian
  • 🇨🇿 Czech
  • 🇩🇰 Danish
  • 🇳🇱 Dutch
  • 🇺🇸 English
  • 🇫🇮 Finnish
  • 🇫🇷 French
  • 🇩🇪 German
  • 🇬🇷 Greek
  • 🇮🇱 Hebrew
  • 🇮🇳 Hindi
  • 🇭🇺 Hungarian
  • 🇮🇩 Indonesian
  • 🇮🇹 Italian
  • 🇯🇵 Japanese
  • 🇰🇷 Korean
  • 🇳🇴 Norwegian
  • 🇵🇱 Polish
  • 🇧🇷 Portuguese (Brazil)
  • 🇵🇹 Portuguese (Portugal)
  • 🇷🇴 Romanian
  • 🇷🇺 Russian
  • 🇸🇰 Slovak
  • 🇪🇸 Spanish
  • 🇸🇪 Swedish
  • 🇹🇭 Thai
  • 🇹🇷 Turkish
  • 🇺🇦 Ukrainian
  • 🇻🇳 Vietnamese

This list is determined by which languages Apple’s Translation framework supports on-device, so it can grow in future iOS versions. If you need a language you don’t see here, it isn’t currently offered by Apple’s on-device translation engine.

First-time use requires Wi-Fi

Downloading a language model for the first time requires Wi-Fi (roughly 50–200 MB depending on the language). After that first download, translation into that language works completely offline. See Translation Isn’t Working if you run into trouble.