Microsoft Translator

What it does

Microsoft Translator helps people communicate across languages through a mobile translation app. It accepts text and spoken phrases and provides translations for personal conversations, travel and everyday communication. People can use it to understand menus and signs or follow a conversation with someone who speaks another language.

The app is useful when translation needs to happen during an interaction. A traveler can translate a phrase and show the result to another person, while multilingual groups can use conversation translation to follow what participants are saying. Microsoft also describes classroom uses for live captioning and cross-language understanding among students, educators and parents.

It suits travelers, students, families and educators who want a ready-made translation interface. Start with the personal app download and check language and offline support for your device. Features differ by language and connection requirements. Developers who need translation inside their own software should evaluate the separately listed Azure Translator API.

What it can do

• Translate typed text
• Translate spoken phrases and conversations
• Help understand menus and signs
• Support multilingual classroom communication
• Use supported offline translation features

Example workflows

Translate during travel

Enter a phrase or use the conversation feature, choose the other person’s language, and share the translation.

Support a multilingual classroom

Use live translation or captioning during a discussion so participants can follow the conversation in their language.

Before you choose

• Check language and offline availability for the mobile app.
• Review important translations with a fluent speaker, especially where wording has serious consequences.

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• Productivity
• Writing and docs

Get started

Choose the personal translation app for your mobile device.

1. Open the personal app download links on the Microsoft Translator website.
2. Install the app and choose your source and destination languages.
3. Try a short text or conversation and check which languages support offline use.

Check the current app-store listing for the consumer app. Azure Translator API pricing and free API allowances are separate.

We couldn’t find published prices for Microsoft Translator. See their pricing page ↗

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 28 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

• Microsoft Translator ↗www.microsoft.com

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