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Translate on your device
Bad at languages? Don’t worry, your Apple kit can help you converse
REQUIRES
iOS/iPadOS 14 or later
YOU WILL LEARN
How to use Apple Translate for easy communication
IT WILL TAKE
15 minutes
GENIUS TIP
To add accessibility shortcuts to the menu, go to System Preferences >
Dock & Menu Bar >
Accessibility Shortcuts and tick Show in Menu Bar.
DID YOU PAY much attention to learning a language at school? Sure, we can tell a French person that the pen of their aunt is in the garden but for many of us that’s about it. So we’re very happy to have the Translate app on our iPhones when travelling; it knows the languages we don’t, enables us to communicate clearly and courteously with others. And even if you do know a bit of the language, the app can help fill the gaps: would you know how to ask someone in Portuguese if anybody’s handed in your child’s lost toy, a stuffed dragon with green eyes and blue wings? These are the kinds of situations that classrooms and the Duolingo app don’t tend to prepare you for.