Translate conversations with interpreter mode

You can ask the Google Assistant to translate your conversation with someone who doesn’t speak your language.

The languages you can use to start using interpreter mode depend on your device. After you’ve started interpreter mode, you can ask the Google Assistant to translate between more languages.

Devices that you can use

All Google Home speakers
Some speakers with Google Assistant built-in
All smart displays
Smart Clocks
Mobile phones and tablets

Languages that you can translate between

Interpreter mode languages: phones and tablets

You can ask Google Assistant to translate into any of the following languages:

Arabic
Bengali
Bulgarian
Burmese
Cambodian (also called Khmer)
Catalan
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Filipino (Tagalog)
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Gujarati
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Javanese
Kannada
Korean
Latvian
Malayalam
Marathi
Nepali
Mandarin
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Sinhala
Slovak
Spanish
Sudanese
Swedish
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese

Interpreter mode languages: speakers, smart displays and Smart Clocks

You can ask Google Assistant to translate into any of the following languages:

Arabic
Bulgarian
Catalan
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Filipino (Tagalog)
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

Translate a conversation

Say "Hey Google…"
Say a command, like:
- "…be my Italian interpreter"
- "…interpret from Polish to Dutch"
- "…Chinese interpreter"
- "…turn on interpreter mode"
If you haven’t identified languages, choose which languages you want to use.
When you hear the tone, start speaking in either language. You don’t have to alternate between languages for interpreter mode to work.

On a smart display, you’ll both see and hear the translated conversation.

To stop using interpreter mode, say a command like:

"Stop"
"Quit"
"Exit"

On a smart display, you can also swipe from left to right to stop interpreter mode.

Fix problems with interpreter mode

Can’t start interpreter mode

Step 1: Check which command you’re using

Make sure that you use one of the commands listed above to start interpreter mode.

These commands won’t start interpreter mode:

Speak [language].
Can you speak [language]?
Translate [language].

Step 2: Check your device

Interpreter mode won’t work with some speakers that aren’t made by Google. Check with your manufacturer to find out if interpreter mode works with your device.

Interpreter doesn’t understand you

Step 1: Wait for the tone

You’ll hear a tone after any spoken translation. If you speak before the tone, your device may not hear everything you say.

Step 2: Make sure that the device can hear you

Stay close to your device and limit the number of other conversations near you.

Interpreter doesn’t translate what you say

Step 1: Speak clearly

Articulate the words and limit extra noise so that your device can determine which language you’re speaking.

Step 2: Check your pronunciation

If you’re translating between two languages that share words, your device may not be able to tell which language you’re speaking.

For example, if you want to translate the word 'bueno' from Spanish to English but speak with an English accent, your device might translate from English to Spanish instead. In that case, you’ll hear the Spanish word – 'bueno' – rather than the expected English word, 'good'.

Interpreter won’t turn off

Try one of the stop commands listed above using English or the language that you’re translating into.

If your device is translating your stop command instead of stopping, try a different command.

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