If you are looking for a second option, to translate messages from a person who is writing in a language that you do not understand or simply do not speak well, you are in the right place. In this article we will teach you how to translate messages without the need to use external applications, which waste time.
How to translate a WhatsApp message from my iPhone? – With and Without Apps
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- What should you do to get your WhatsApp messages translated simultaneously?
- How can you use Gboard on your iPhone to translate any text message?
- Download and install the app
- Enable overlay on other Apps
- Set the desired languages
- How can you copy and paste your WhatsApp messages into an external translator?
What should you do to get your WhatsApp messages translated simultaneously?
In order for your messages to be translated simultaneously, without the need to leave WhatsApp, you need to download an application. You need a tool for the job and here we will show you the best of all.
We are talking about ‘ the Google Gboard App ‘ . What should interest you the most is that you do not need to copy the message and exit WhatsApp to translate it, this application works simultaneously with your keyboard and we will explain how it does it.
How can you use Gboard on your iPhone to translate any text message?
Gboard is a keyboard option created by Google in December 2016, and since then new languages and features have been added to it, making it the most comprehensive translation app on the market.
For this reason, it is our first option when it comes to explaining how to translate your messages. Next, we will teach you how to install, configure and use it.
Download and install the app
- Enter the App Store on your iPhone and inthe search engine type ‘Gboard’
- Enter the first option and click ‘Download’
Automatically, this application will be downloaded and installed as if it were another feature of your iPhone, configuring itself with information provided by Google, that is, at the time of downloading , it configures itself to your needs without your you have to do a lot.
But of course, if you want to get more out of the ‘Gboard’ app , follow the steps below to enable it correctly. ‘the overlap of other Apps’.
Enable overlay on other Apps
Doing this means that you will give the Gboard app permission to work seamlessly with other apps besides WhatsApp.
This is as if you were writing in ‘Notes’ on your iPhone and a bubble with the Gboard icon appears on the side of your screen, when you press it, a tab will appear with the text you are writing and its translation into another language. To enable this functionality follow the steps below:
- Go to ‘Settings’ on your iPhone
- Find and click on the session that says ‘Applications’
- In the list of options click on the one that says ‘Permissions’
- Then click on the ‘Auto start’ option
- Find the Gboard App and click on it
- Next read and grant the necessary permissions
And voila, the next time you are writing a text in any application on your iPhone device, the Gboard translation option will always be by your side. Now we will go on to configure the desired languages.
Set the desired languages
What we will explain to you is basically to use the application , you will not have to make large configurations or download the language of your choice separately.
With Gboard , you simply have to choose the language you want to translate your texts into, to do so, follow these steps:
- Enter the WhatsApp chat where the message is in another language.
- Copy the text and click on the options menu on your keyboard (it’s the three dots icon).
- Press the option that says ‘Translate’.
- A bar will be activated, on the right of the screen, select the language into which the copied text will be translated.
- In the white line of the translator, paste the text in another language, automatically in the WhatsApp text bar the text will appearin the language you previously chose
It’s that easy to break the language barrier, no matter where we are or who we talk to, with Gboard we can easily write in any language.
But is the Gboard app still a bit difficult for you? If your answer is yes, then we can resort to a more traditional method, we are talking about copying and pasting your messages and even your images into an external translator.
How can you copy and paste your WhatsApp messages into an external translator?
For some people it is annoying to resort to external apps, since it means constantly leaving the application where you are writing, however, for you this is your best option if you are not in a hurry and also want to learn a new language .
An external translator that will help you translate with the same quality as Gboard is using ‘ the Google Chrome browser ‘. Also following the line of this company we can take advantage of the benefits of Google Translator. Next, we will show you how to use the latter to translate texts.
Enter the default browser of your iPhone.
- In the search bar type ‘Google Translator’.
- Two boxes will appear with the statements ‘Enter text’ on your left and ‘Translation’on your right.
- At the top of the ‘Enter text’ statement, select the language in which the text you want to translate is found.
- Paste the text to translate and to your right will be the translated text.
That’s how easy we use Google translator , now we can move on to the interesting part, learn another language. Below the left box, there will be two icons, one for a microphone and the other for a speaker. By pressing the Speaker icon, you will be able to listen to the pronunciation of the text in another language, with the microphone icon, you can practice the pronunciation.
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