Much underrated (and not helped by a mass of copycat front ends in the Windows Phone Store), Translator (now without the Bing branding) is a terrific language tool for occasions when you're totally stuck in another country/tongue, even without access to roaming data. Whether passing the phone from person to person or translating written text or (old school) typing something in, Translator has you covered, now with extra languages and with the facility to copy translated text into another application.
Translator is perhaps the premier language tool on Windows Phone, here's the description in the Store:
Translator is your companion when you need to overcome the language barrier. Use your camera, voice or keyboard to enter text you want to translate. Use Bing Translator on-the-go, even when you don't have an Internet connection.
- Text translation – Type and translate text into more than 40 languages.
- Camera translation – Translate signs, menus, newspapers, or any printed text with your device's camera in an instant.
- Voice translation – Translate by speaking into your phone. Voice translation requires a network connection.
- Text to speech – Hear translations spoken with a native speaker's accent. Text to speech requires a network connection.
- Offline translation – Translate when you are not connected to the Internet and when you want to avoid expensive data roaming charges, by using downloadable offline language packs.
- Word of the Day – Improve your vocabulary by pinning the Translator to your Start screen.
- Pin each mode to your Start screen and jump straight to translating in a single tap.
- Copy and paste or use your keyboard to quickly enter the text you want to translate.
Here's the changelog for v3.5:
- Voice translation for Arabic, Catalan, Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Danish, Dutch, English (New Zealand), Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese and Swedish.
- Offline translation for Hindi
- Romanization of translations in Chinese and simplified Hindi.
A little visual proof:
Showing some of the new voice translations and offline packs...
A must-install for any Windows Phone user intending to travel. You can download Translator 3.5 for free here in the Windows Phone Store.