Greetings, dear readers of the Rabota-Vo.ru blog! I sincerely want to admit that I envy people who speak a foreign language with white envy. And to those who speak several languages, I am ready to take off my hat. Personally, I am not at all comfortable with a foreign language, like many ordinary Internet users. And this is what we should do if we need to find information of interest on the Internet on foreign language. And it doesn’t matter for what purpose it is needed. Some people just need it for fun or a hobby, while others need it for work.

In such a situation, of course, you can use free online translator who can come to our aid. In the Internet, translation of texts from foreign languages ​​is perhaps the most popular and sought-after topic. Therefore, developers of online translators and programs for translating texts are trying in every possible way to please network users.

Of course, not a single program or service in which you can do online text translation, will never be able to replace a “live” professional translator. But professional translation text costs money, and not small ones, which you need to pay the translator for the work. I myself sometimes have to turn to professional translators on the Advego content exchange in order to order text translation letters (sometimes you have to correspond with foreigners).

But, if the quality of the translation is not a particularly important part, I use some online translator for free. There are a huge number of such free services on the Internet; you just need to choose the most convenient online translator for yourself. So-called Machine translate text of a foreign language may well help to understand the meaning of the content. And, if you need to translate a document, you can use a free online translator.

In this note I would like to introduce the Yandex machine translation service.

Yandex - text translation

Simple, I would say “Spartan”, without any features, very young online Yandex translator can make quite high-quality and understandable translations from twelve languages. It is enough to paste the copied text into the translation window, using for convenience keyboard shortcuts, and a version of the translated text will immediately appear in the next window.

Auto Yandex translator, using a machine translation algorithm, allows the user to understand the main meaning of the translated text. And in order to bring the translated text back to normal, you can simply copy it to some free text editor and adjust. Then it is checked spelling online, for example, in the same Yandex service, and the text will become quite understandable and readable.

In general, many users are satisfied with the translation of texts in Yandex into Russian, since it is aimed specifically at a Russian-speaking audience and has powerful Russian dictionaries in its arsenal. And if in other online translators you can find profanity, incorrect endings, unreadable sentences or complete nonsense in the translations of the text, then this is unlikely in the translated texts from Yandex.

In addition, you can listen to the pronunciation of words or short phrases using an online translator. To do this, just click on the speaker icon in the right window of the translator.

Certainly, voice translation in Yandex, more precisely, the number of spoken words compared, for example, with Google translator, rather modest, only one word or a very short phrase is spoken. But, at the same time, each user has the opportunity to choose text translators that suit him. For example, for me personally most of all voice translation like in bing online translator, where all translated text is spoken in a pleasant female voice. But I want to write about these online translators in my next notes. Since it is quite difficult to talk about the most popular (in my opinion) online text translators in one note.

Yandex - online website translator

Enough in a simple way in Yandex you can also translate website, for example, do translation from English to Russian and vice versa. To do this, you need to insert the URL (address) of the site page to be translated into the translation window, select desired language and click the translate button.

The Yandex search engine is the most popular in RuNet, and many users use it to search for information. Therefore, in the search results, the system can automatically suggest online website translation, if they are in a foreign language.

Or, for example, you need to find information on the “bourgeois” Internet through a Yandex search for a phrase in a foreign language.

After executing the request, the word “translation” will appear on the right side of the found site pages as a result of the search.

Now just follow the “translation” link, and Website Translator Yandex will automatically be able to translate a page from a foreign language. In this case, in the browser window that opens, you can divide the window into two parts, both vertically and horizontally, by clicking on the button in the upper right part. As a result, you can see the original website page being translated and the translation itself in one window.

In this article we will look at a convenient, functional and free online translator from Google. With its help, you can translate a word, text, or even a website from one language to another, listen to how a word sounds in a foreign language, and add the word to your dictionary. An online translator is indispensable if you need immediate access to a dictionary or if you are conducting online correspondence in a foreign language and need to see how certain words are written or translated.

To start using it, you need to log into the browser on your computer and enter the address of the translator translate.google.com in the line.

A window will open in front of you.

The panel and use of the translator are quite simple. Let's look at several main stages of working with a translator:

  1. How to choose translation languages
  2. How to enter text for translation
  3. How to work with translation results

How to choose translation languages

On the left (white window) there is a field for entering text that needs to be translated.

Accordingly, the dark gray color indicates the original language from which we will translate (English).

On the right is the final translation of the text into the language you need. Accordingly, the active language of the phrase into which you need to translate (in the example - Russian) is indicated in dark gray.

Selecting translation languages:

Initially, when you open the translator, the default translation languages ​​are set. In our case, the language from which the translation is made is English, the language into which the translation is made is Russian.

In order to change translation languages, you need to select them in a special drop-down menu, the languages ​​you need to translate the text.

Don’t forget: on the left you select the language from which you are translating, and on the right – into which you are translating. By the way: Google Translator allows you to translate from/to 80 languages ​​(where else can you find such a polyglot?).

If you don’t know which language you need to translate from (this happens!), then use the Detect Language function. Of course, it does not always work correctly in my memory, but it is very useful when there is nowhere to wait for help.

The accuracy of the definition depends on the amount of text entered: the more text you enter, the greater the accuracy.

There is another convenient button that allows you to swap translation languages. This will be useful if, for example, you wrote a message in English using a Russian-English translator (for example, in a conversation on Skype), and then immediately received a response that needs to be quickly translated from English into Russian. To swap translation languages, use this button:

How to enter text for translation

Google Translator allows you to translate individual words, sentences and texts.

Text sources may be different, in particular you can:

  • Paste the copied text or type it in
  • Dictate text (requires a connected microphone)
  • Use handwriting input (draw characters with your finger on the screen - for owners of tablets and smartphones, or draw with a mouse)
  • Virtual keyboard (can be used if you don’t have some layout on your computer, for example German, and you don’t know how to type a particular character)
  • Translate text from file
  • Translate a page on the Internet

Let's understand all these ways.

Paste or type text

The standard and most commonly used method.

To do this, you need to copy the text you are interested in or type it directly in the left window of the translator

After entering the text, the translation should automatically appear on the right side of the window. If you type text manually, the translation will be updated automatically as you type.

If you want to disable the instant translation function, then click this link in the lower left corner of the page

Now you will need to click the blue “Translate” button, after which you will receive the translation result in the right window

You can enable instant translation back there – in the lower left corner of the page.

How to dictate text to Google Translator

To activate this input method, you need to click on the microphone icon in the corner of the text input field for translation.

An icon like this will appear

To remove this input mode, you need to click on the same icon again or on any part of the field that appears with the phrase “Speak”. If there is no sound for a long time, this input method will also turn off automatically.

This method of entering text is useful not for the lazy, as one might immediately think, but for people with disabilities, and also for those who are uncomfortable typing: these are owners of smartphones and tablets.

How to use the virtual keyboard in Google Translate

This option is very useful if you need to type text, say, in German, but you only have Russian and English characters on your keyboard. So, select the language you need in the source text language. Let's take German as an example. To the right of the microphone icon there will be an icon for selecting an input method. Look at the screenshot

The keyboard is shown here with an arrow next to it. By clicking on the keyboard icon we will immediately see our virtual keyboard, by clicking on the arrow we will see a list of available ones alternative ways input

These may be different keyboard layouts for that language (for example, if there are dialects). In this case, you can choose the German Swiss layout and, for some reason, the American one. The Handwriting input mode is also available, which we will consider below.

We don’t touch anything, we have German selected (the line is darkened, which means it’s selected). Therefore, we simply click on the keyboard icon.

Here is our keyboard. It’s easy to use - press the necessary buttons with your mouse (with your finger if you have a tablet or smartphone) or type text on the keyboard, only now the keys will print not the characters that you have on your keyboard keys, but those that you see on the virtual keyboard .

To close it, click the cross in the upper right corner of the virtual keyboard or click on the keyboard icon again.

How to use handwriting

You will need this function if you do not have a keyboard or you do not know how to type a particular character on it. Let's imagine that you need to translate Chinese character into Russian. I translated one word especially for the lesson and will try to translate it back.

So, we have a character (or characters) in Chinese. How to enter them? Select Chinese language, select input method (icon to the right of the microphone). Depending on the language, there may be several input methods. For English, the handwriting input function is inactive - it is not needed there.

A window like this will appear

Let's start drawing our hieroglyph in it with the mouse! To draw, hold down the left mouse button. To end a line, release the left button and start a new line with the mouse.

So, this is what I got

The system offers options immediately below the picture (they will appear almost immediately and will change as the picture is completed). The first option is very similar to ours. Select it

Hooray! Everything worked out, we got the correct translation!

How to translate a file

I warn you right away that only files can be translated PDF, TXT, DOC, PPT, XLS or RTF. If you don't know what a file extension is, read the corresponding article on this blog.

Click, it will ask you to select a file

Select and then click the Translate button. Instant translation no longer works here. The translation will open on a new page. Of course, the formatting will not be preserved, you will see line breaks inappropriately, tables, lists, etc. may or may not be displayed, but the text will be translated.

How to translate a website

Everything is simple here: insert a link to the desired site into the text window for translation. For example, we want to translate the New York Times newspaper to the Russian website

Now you can walk around the site, all pages will be automatically translated into the specified language. The Google Translator panel is visible at the top - you can change the language on it or switch to the original (click the Original button).

Other useful features of the translator, such as pronunciation, adding text to your online dictionary, adding your own translation, we will consider in a separate article, because This one has already dragged on. Also, a video tutorial on this article will appear soon, because... The video is more interesting to watch, you will agree.

Let's summarize:

Pros: fast and easy to use, many languages ​​and input methods.

Minuses: this translator is more suitable for translation individual words or frequently used expressions/sentences. A problem can arise with texts, since the translation actually happens “overhead”, for example, when translating long complex sentences from English into Russian, the preservation of cases and numbers is not always observed, and accordingly the meaning is a little blurred, but the general meaning of the sentences is preserved. Also translation of some set expressions and idioms (sometimes even common ones) can cause difficulties for the translator and result in inadequate results.

I remember situations during my studies at university and school, when I didn’t want to sit down with a dictionary and do homework in English, coupled with the desire to do everything quickly, led to disastrous, and sometimes even comical, results. Here's an example: the phrase “How can I get to Minsk?” translated as “How can I get to Minsk”, instead of “How can I get to Minsk?”

In the following articles we will take a closer look at other translators, in particular the Yandex online translator. Subscribe to the newsletter so you don't miss these lessons.

Write in the comments which translator do you use?

When visiting various pages of websites or forums, you are often faced with the need to translate both individual phrases and sentences, and entire pages. Using third-party online translators in such situations is a very inconvenient solution. That is why most modern browsers have an automatic translation function, and the Yandex browser is no exception.

In this article, I will not discuss the quality of the translation, but will focus on the ease of use of this built-in function and solving related problems.

How to enable translator

The main feature of the built-in translator in Yandex.Browser is that you cannot translate text passages on pages into the language of your choice. During installation, Yandex Browser determines the main language of your OS and sets this language as the default for the interface. In the future, all visited pages will be offered to translate into this language.

Example. You have Russian-language Windows, so the browser is displayed in Russian. All viewed pages that have a language other than the above, no matter what - French, German or Italian, will be offered to translate into Russian.

Thus, using Yandex.Browser you can translate:

  • A single word, phrase, or entire text on a page;
  • The entire page, including its interface.

If you need to translate text into a language different from the language installed in the browser, use online services, for example, the same Yandex translator.

You can even disable the translation offer in the settings, in the “Languages” section. To do this, uncheck the indicated items and restart the browser.

Page translation doesn't work

In cases where the translator in Yandex Browser does not work, check the correct settings and the main language of the browser.

Change the settings to the form shown in the picture and everything should work.

Extensions for translating pages

Yandex uses its own translator in the described browser. The quality of translation may differ significantly from other services, especially in narrow topics.

Special translator extensions provided by online services will help level out the difference. Their operating principle will not differ radically from the built-in one.

Google Translate

Google Corporation took care not only of its own users, but also of users of other browsers by releasing an extension of the same name.

You can find and download it in the Chrome online store.

After installation in Yandex Browser, an icon will appear to the right of the address bar allowing you to make a translation.

Unlike the built-in translator, Google Translate allows you to translate page text to any of the presented ones to choose from.

You can remove the extension in the “Add-ons” section.

ImTranslator

Unlike all of the above, ImTranslator does not have its own word base, but is only a shell for dictionaries from Google, Microsoft and Translator.

After installing the extension, an item will appear in the context menu that allows you to translate the page into any of the 91 languages ​​presented.

Results

The task of translating entire pages or individual phrases and words in Yandex Browser can be solved by a wide range of tools. Don't limit yourself to just the built-in translator - use additional features and you will get a very readable text in the output.

The world is getting smaller and we are getting closer to each other, but the language barrier can become a big obstacle to communication. The most affordable and fastest way to eliminate this obstacle is machine translation of text. Free online translation of texts in English, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Chinese provides real service. Machine translation of text has a number of disadvantages, but machine translation of text also has its main advantage - this service is absolutely free. The translator is especially useful when translating individual words and expressions, for those who are studying a foreign language. We hope that you will like the Translator service and will become a useful assistant in translating texts.

It is enough to enter the required text for translation and the language into which you want to translate - the translator will determine what language it is written in and automatically translate.

To Azerbaijani to Albanian to English to Armenian to Belarusian to Bulgarian to Hungarian to Dutch to Greek to Danish to Spanish to Italian to Catalan to Latvian to Lithuanian to Macedonian to German to Norwegian to Polish to Portuguese to Romanian to Russian to Serbian to Slovak to Slovenian to Turkish to Ukrainian to Finnish to French to Croatian to Czech to Swedish to Estonian Translate

Translator from English into Russian and back

English and Russian languages ​​have many significant differences and translating text is not an easy task. Create an online translator from English to Russian or vice versa with high-quality translation, quite difficult. So far, no one has coped with the task of high-quality online translation from English into Russian and vice versa. The best solution For translation from English into Russian, you will need to contact a professional translator. However, it often happens when an exact translation is not required English text, but you only need to understand the meaning of what was said. In this case, the best and fastest solution would be to translate the text using an online translator. Online translation The tool from English to Russian will help the user to translate texts in English into Russian and translate texts in Russian into English.

Translator from Russian

The service allows you to translate text into 33 languages ​​in the following pairs: Russian - Azerbaijani, Russian - Albanian, Russian - English, Russian - Armenian, Russian - Belarusian, Russian - Bulgarian, Russian - Hungarian, Russian - Dutch, Russian - Greek, Russian - Danish , Russian - Spanish, Russian - Italian, Russian - Catalan, Russian - Latvian, Russian - Lithuanian, Russian - Macedonian, Russian - German, Russian - Norwegian, Russian - Polish, Russian - Portuguese, Russian - Serbian, Russian - Slovak, Russian – Slovenian, Russian – Turkish, Russian – Ukrainian, Russian – Finnish, Russian – French, Russian – Croatian, Russian – Czech, Russian – Swedish, Russian – Estonian.

Online translators

Online translators are systems (services) that help you easily and quickly translate texts in any language. Using an online translator, you can translate texts from English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Yiddish, Thai, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Malay, Hindi, Norwegian, Irish, Hungarian, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic.

Online translator from Russian

Using an online translator, you can translate text from Russian into English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Finnish, Swedish and other languages. Online text translation is not based on translation rules, but on translation statistics. The service compares translation statistics (hundreds of thousands of texts) on the Internet. Special attention focusing on sites written in several languages. For each studied text, the translator creates unique translation features (translation logic). The translator has the opportunity to study hundreds of millions of phrases on the Internet, using enormous resources. A real translation service does not try to stupidly replace the words of one language with another, but to logically “comprehend” the text and reproduce the thought in another language.

Free translator

Text translator and word translation - absolutely free service. The user receives all translation capabilities free of charge and without any registration.

Users are faced with the need to translate text from photos online. Situations can be different: there is text in a photograph that needs to be extracted from the image and translated into another language, there is an image of a document in a foreign language, text from the picture needs to be translated, etc.

You can use text recognition programs that use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to extract text from images. Then, the text extracted from the photo can be translated using a translator. If the original image good quality, then in most cases free online services for text recognition are suitable.

In this case, the entire operation takes place in two stages: first, text recognition occurs in a program or online service, and then the text is translated using an online translator or an application installed on the computer. You can, of course, copy text from a photo manually, but this is not always justified.

Is there a way to combine two technologies in one place: immediately recognize and transfer a test from a photo online? Unlike mobile applications(we'll talk about them later in the article), there is practically no choice for desktop users. But, nevertheless, I found two options for how to translate text from an image online in one place, without the help of programs and other services.

An online photo translator will recognize the text in the image and then translate it into the desired language.

When translating from images online, pay attention to some points:

  • the quality of text recognition depends on the quality of the original image;
  • In order for the service to open the picture without problems, the image must be saved in a common format (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, etc.);
  • if possible, check the extracted text to eliminate recognition errors;
  • The text is translated using machine translation, so the translation may not be perfect.

We will use Yandex Translator and the Free Online OCR online service, which has functionality for translation of text extracted from a photograph. You can use these services to translate from English into Russian, or use other language pairs of supported languages.

On mobile devices available to users different ways for translation from photographs. In this article we will analyze the applications Google Translator, Yandex Translator, Microsoft Translator.

To use applications for translation from photos on mobile phones, two prerequisites must be met: the presence of a camera on the device, which is used to capture images for translation, and an Internet connection for text recognition on the remote translator server.

Yandex Translator for translation from pictures

Yandex.Translator integrates OCR optical character recognition technology, with which text is extracted from photographs. Then, using Yandex Translator technologies, the extracted text is translated into the selected language.

Go through the following steps sequentially:

  1. Sign in Yandex translate to the “Pictures” tab.
  2. Select the source language. To do this, click on the name of the language (displayed by default English language). If you don't know what language is in the image, the translator will start auto-detection of the language.
  3. Select the language to translate. By default, the Russian language is selected. To change the language, click on the language name and select another supported language.
  4. Select a file on your computer or drag a picture into the online translator window.
  1. After Yandex Translator recognizes the text from the photo, click “Open in Translator”.

  1. Two fields will open in the translator window: one with text in a foreign language (in this case, English), the other with a translation into Russian (or another supported language).

If the photo was of poor quality, it makes sense to check the recognition quality. Compare the translated text with the original in the picture, correct any errors found.

You can change the translation in Yandex Translator. To do this, turn on the switch " New technology translation." The translation is carried out simultaneously by a neural network and a statistical model. The algorithm automatically selects the best option translation.

Copy the translated text into a text editor. If necessary, edit the machine translation and correct errors.

Translation from photos online to Free Online OCR

The free online service Free Online OCR is designed to recognize characters from files of supported formats. The service is suitable for translation, since it optionally has capabilities for translating recognized text.

Unlike Yandex Translator, Free Online OCR achieves acceptable recognition quality only on fairly simple images, without the presence of foreign elements in the picture.

Follow these steps:

  1. Login to .
  2. In the “Select your file” option, click on the “Browse” button, select a file on your computer.
  3. In the “Recognition language(s) (you can select multiple)” option, select required language, from which you want to translate (you can select several languages). Click on the field and add the desired language from the list.
  4. Click on the “Upload + OCR” button.

  1. After recognition, the text from the image will be displayed in a special field. Check the recognized text for errors.

  1. To translate text, click on the “Google Translator” or “Bing Translator” link to use one of the online translation services. Both translations can be compared and the best option can be selected.

Copy the text into a text editor. If necessary, edit and correct errors.

Google Translate: translating photos on mobile phones

The Google Translate application is used on mobile phones running the Android and iOS operating systems. Install the program on your smartphone from the appropriate application stores.

The Google Translator application has extensive functionality:

  • translation of text into 103 languages ​​and back;
  • quick translation function;
  • offline text translation (you will first need to download the necessary data);
  • translation in camera mode with support for 37 languages;
  • quick camera translation of inscriptions in 38 languages;
  • handwriting translation support;
  • Conversational translation in 28 languages.

Google Translate translates text in photographs, pictures, signs, magazines, books, etc. The Google Translate application uses two ways to translate text from photos:

  • Real-time mode - instant translation of text when you point your phone camera.
  • Translation in camera mode - take a picture of the text and then receive the translation.

First, let's look at the translation function in camera mode, which is most suitable in most cases.

  1. Launch the Google Translate app on your phone.
  2. In the translator window, select the translation direction, and then click on the “Camera” icon.

  1. Point your phone camera at the text you want to translate. Level the camera, turn on additional lighting if necessary. Take a photo.

  1. After performing recognition, in the next window you need to select a section of text, or click on the “Select all” button.

  1. Two small fields will appear at the top of the window with the original and translated text. Click on the arrow in the translation field to open the full text translation in the adjacent window.

To perform quick translation in camera mode, turn on instant translation mode (the button will turn green), if necessary, turn on additional lighting, and level the camera.

A quick translation into the selected language will appear on the phone screen.

The instant translation function is inferior in quality to translation using the camera mode.

Yandex Translator: translating photos on mobile devices

The Yandex Translator application for mobile phones, like the online service of the same name, can translate text in photographs.

Key Features Yandex Translator:

  • online translation into 90 languages;
  • Offline translation support for 6 languages;
  • photo translation;
  • translation of sites in the application;
  • translation of spoken individual words or phrases;
  • automatic selection of translation direction;
  • dictionary;
  • Translation of text in applications from the context menu, starting from version Android0.

Launch the Yandex Translator application, click on the camera icon.

Capture the desired text on camera. In this case, I took a photo of Instagram text from my computer screen.

After performing recognition, click on the icon in the upper right corner of the screen.

Yandex Translator offers unique functions that increase recognition accuracy. If the quality of recognition is poor, select recognition by words, lines, blocks (button in the lower left corner).

In the translator window, the original text will be displayed at the top, and the main part of the screen is occupied by the translation of the text from the photo.

In the application window, you can listen to the original and translation of the test, voiced using a voice engine, dictate something, synchronize (there are size restrictions) the translation, send the translation to its destination, save the translation on a card.

Microsoft Translator: translating text from photos and screenshots

Microsoft Translator has built-in functionality for translating text in images: photographs and screenshots.

Key Features Microsoft Translator:

  • support for online and offline translation in more than 60 languages;
  • voice translation;
  • simultaneous speech translation for conversation in two languages;
  • translation of text into photographs or screenshots;
  • listening to translated phrases;
  • Translating text in other applications via the context menu.

An example of using Microsoft Translator:

In the application window, click on the camera.

Point your phone camera at the desired text. Select the translation direction. Microsoft Translator has an option to enable additional lighting.

Capture the text on camera.

A translation of the photo will appear in the application window, displayed on top of the main layer of the image.

The translation text can be copied to the clipboard. To do this, click on the corresponding icon in the translator window.

Conclusions of the article

Using Yandex Translator and the Free Online OCR online service, you can translate text into the desired language from photographs or pictures online. The text from the image will be extracted and translated into Russian or another supported language.

In mobile phone applications Google Translate, Yandex Translator, Microsoft Translator, the user first takes a photo with the camera, and then the applications automatically translate the text from the photo.