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Translate text in photos · On your Android phone or tablet, open the Translate app Translate app . · Pick the languages. At the top left, choose the language you ... TranslateimagesYoucanuseyourphone’scameratotranslatetext intheTranslateapp.Forexample,youcanuseyourcameratotranslatesignsorhandwrittennotes. Translatetextin photos Youcantranslatetextfromnewphotosandphotosyou’vealreadytakenintheTranslateapp. OnyourAndroidphoneortablet,opentheTranslateapp. Pickthelanguages. Atthetopleft,choosethelanguageyouwanttotranslateorDetectlanguage. Atthetopright,choosealanguageyouread. Beneaththetextbox,tapCamera. Totranslatethewholetextinstantly,tapInstant. Totranslatepartofthedocument: TapScanCapture. Useyourfingertohighlightthetextyouwanttotranslate,ortapSelectall. Tochooseanexistingphotototranslate,atthebottomright,tapImport. Useyourfingertohighlightthetextyouwanttotranslate,ortapSelectall. Turn"Improvecamerainput"onoroff Thephotosyouscanandimport intheTranslateappgetsenttoGooglefortextrecognition.ToletGooglekeeptheimagesforfutureproductimprovement,turnonImprovecamerainput. Toturn"Improvecamerainput"onoroff:  Open theTranslateapp. TapMenu  Settings   Datausage. TurnImprovecamerainputonoroff. Translatewhatyoufindthroughyourcamera Forsomelanguages,youcanpointyourphone’scameraattexttotranslateit.Translationsofsmall,badlylit,orstylizedtextmaynotbeaccurate. OnyourAndroidphoneortablet,opentheTranslateapp. Ifneeded,selectyoursourceandtargetlanguages. Atthetopleft:SelectthesourcelanguageyouwanttotranslateortapDetectlanguage. Atthetopright:Selectthetargetlanguageyouwanttotranslateto. TapCamera  Instant . Pointyourcameraatthetextyouwanttotranslate. Important:Ifyou'reunabletoscantheimage,tapCapture. Ifyourtranslationisunclear,savethepictureandselectitfromyourgalleryorcameraroll. Supported languages YoucantranslatethesesourcelanguagesintoanyofthelanguagessupportedbyGoogleTranslate: Afrikaans  Albanian  Arabic  Azerbaijani  Basque  Belarusian  Bengali  Bosnian  Bulgarian  Catalan  Cebuano  Chichewa  Chinese Corsican  Croatian  Czech  Danish  Dutch  English  Esperanto  Estonian  Filipino  Finnish  French  Frisian  Galician  German  Greek  HaitianCreole  Hausa Hawaiian  Hindi  Hmong  Hungarian  Icelandic  Igbo  Indonesian  Irish  Italian  Japanese  Javanese  Kazakh  Korean  Kurdish  Kyrgyz  Latin  Latvian  Lithuanian  Luxembourgish  Macedonian  Malagasy  Malay  Maltese  Maori  Marathi  Mongolian  Nepali  Norwegian  Pashto Persian Polish  Portuguese  Romanian  Russian  Samoan  ScotsGaelic  Serbian  Sesotho  Shona  Sindhi  Slovak  Slovenian  Somali  Spanish  Sundanese  Swahili  Swedish  Tajik  Thai  Turkish  Ukrainian  Urdu  Uzbek  Vietnamese  Welsh  Xhosa  Yoruba  Zulu   Wasthishelpful?Howcanweimproveit?YesNoSubmitAndroidiPhone&iPadMoretrueHelpTranslatewrittenwordsTranslatetextinotherappsTranslateimagesTranslatebyspeechTranslateabilingualconversationTranslatedocuments&websitesTranslatewithhandwritingorvirtualkeyboardTranscribeinGoogleTranslateSearchClearsearchClosesearchGoogleappsMainmenuSearchHelpCentertrue73122false