WeChat is famous for its fast-responding barcode, known as a QR code reader. If you want to keep this translation as your own secret, You can untranslated the sentences back by simply tapping on the translated sentence and pressing on “Untranslate”. What’s wrong with WeChat Moments? Go to “Discover” and then to “Moments” – select text from your contact friends’ “Moments” messages, tap on it and choose Translate. With WeChat it is possible to translate up to 20 languages. Click on ‘Chats’ and select a sentence inside it, then select “translate”, viola! The sentence is no longer in Chinese. You can easily translate your chat or chat group conversations. WeChat is especially used by the Chinese you may notice Chinese characters everywhere! This allows you to translate your WeChat information into your own language: Translate WeChat Chat Conversations

No word yet on when the feature will be rolled out to other devices.What if you love a specific blogger style, but he just writes in Chinese?

The function is only available on the iOS version of the app for now. Want to scan restaurant menus or signs and get instant translations on WeChat? Update to the latest version of the app to get started. Google's English-Chinese real-time translations weren't that great when we tried them out, either. Then, Google provides the translated text on a new screen. Some versions of the Google Translate app also let you scan the image and highlight the text you want translated.

You can access it by tapping the camera icon in the app. Google Translate also offers a similar function, and it works without a VPN. Here, we tried it on recent copy of That' s Shanghai magazine. While the Chinese-English translation worked relatively well, the English-Chinese translations weren't as reliable. We tried out the new function and found that it translated Chinese characters to English quickly. Switch from 'scan' to 'translate' mode by clicking the button at the bottom of the screen. The translation feature is accessible by tapping the QR code scanner on the top right corner of your screen. Now anyone can translate text quickly!Īnyone who updates their WeChat iOS app to the 6.6.7 version can use this new technology. This camera-based function translates anything from Chinese characters to English and vice versa. Attention WeChat iOS users: the app now offers augmented reality (AR) real-time translation.

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