The best translation apps

One of the most difficult things you experience when moving to a foreign country is the whole process of adjusting to the language spoken in that country. Dutch is not one of the easiest languages ​​to speak in Europe, but fortunately, the Dutch are used to communicating in English, given that they learn this language in school.

However, adapting to the Dutch language becomes difficult when you interact with state institutions or have to read official documents, as well as benefit from certain services offered by these institutions. For example, applying for unemployment in the Netherlands is done by filling in an application, which will probably be in Dutch.

If you are planning to go to the Netherlands for a visit or even for a new job, we have some recommendations for Dutch translation apps for you that are sure to help you get through the times when communicating or understanding the Dutch language will be difficult. 

Translation Apps - Day Translations

Day Translations is one of the very effective translation apps that you should definitely download because you will definitely be able to use it not only for translations from Dutch but also for 32 other foreign languages. It can give you translations generated by the app's artificial intelligence, but you can also call on real translators who will get in touch with you to help you translate your texts correctly. 

Day Translations is one of the translation apps that can recognize speech, but it can also translate it in real time without you having to write every word by hand, which for Dutch would be quite a demanding process. Dutch words are very long and also difficult to write.

We recommend Day Translations because it's an app that allows you to ask for an expert's opinion no matter when you need it. Moreover, considering that many of those who go to work in the Netherlands need to get all their legal documents in order, the app is all the more useful.

Speak & Translate for iOS

The application is quite suggestive considering that it is named "Speak and Translate". It is a useful tool for creating dialogues with people who speak a foreign language. The application is capable of professional translation in over 100 languages ​​and benefits from voice recognition technologies developed by Apple.

If you are an iPhone user, Speak & Translate will fit in very well as it was developed to be exclusively compatible with the iOS operating system. It can be integrated with iCloud, which means you can keep all your translations in the Cloud so they can be transferred between devices in the Apple ecosystem. It's one of the very intuitive translation apps that also helps you detect which language you're trying to translate. Even if you don't know which foreign language you came into contact with, the application will recognize the characteristics of that language for you.

Translation Apps - Google Translate

The most popular solution for translating texts from all languages ​​spoken around the world, Google Translate is one of the most revolutionary tools that is the basis of thousands of language recognition algorithms. Thanks to Google's database, Google Translate is one of the easiest to use translators in the online environment, being available directly from the mobile phone browser.

Google Translate is available for both Android and iOS and is currently the most used translator online. It can be used most effectively to translate the dialogue between two people, because having the application installed means it can translate the dialogue in real time.

Another effective function in Google Translate is text recognition. Just by viewing a text on a document with the help of the camera, it is translated in real time and displayed instantly to the user.

Google Translate is free, can translate over 100 different languages, can translate over 38 languages ​​with the help of the camera, and can even be used offline.

Translation Apps - ITranslate

ITranslate is one of the perfect translation apps for expats and foreigners arriving in the Netherlands for a new job and trying to settle into the new lifestyle as quickly as possible. ITranslate offers similar services to the apps we talked about previously, but it has a few features that make it much more suitable for expats.

For example, ITranslate offers you the possibility to receive alternative translation solutions, to share certain translated documents or to keep in the Favourites section some translated texts that you know you will use again or that are important.

For an expat, translations of documents, address forms, or some texts for the workplace are very important. With the help of ITranslate, you will always have them stored on your phone without having to translate them again.

Learn Dutch

Each of these translation apps will be able to help you learn Dutch or any other foreign language that you don't yet master. Use every tool with confidence and make yourself understood in any language!

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