iTranslate Plus($0.99)
Version – 3.3
REVIEW – “A great tool for quick translation!”
There have been a lot of free and paid translator apps released in 
the App Store, but unfortunately most of the best ones are quite expensive. Well thanks to iTranslate Plus you can have the benefit of translation between over 50 languages for just $0.99! If you’d like to know how to pronounce the translations, you can also purchase “voices” through in-app purchasing for just $1.99 each!
When you open iTranslate you’ll be taken directly to the translation screen. You’ll see two text boxes with a language above each of them that you can 
touch to select whatever language you want. On the left side in between the two text boxes is a button to swap the two languages to translate text back the other way.
Once you’ve selected the languages that you want to translate to/from all you have to do is type some text in the text box at the top of the screen. Once you enter the text it will take a few seconds to translate and then show up in the box at the bottom of the screen. The translation itself seemed to be pretty fast, but it depends a lot on how good your internet connection is because the actual translation is done via the internet.
There are a couple of features that are only available in the “Plus” version of this app. Whether they are worth $0.99 is up to you. The first is the ability to use landscape mode. Some people
will find this feature more useful than others. I am actually fairly good at using the portrait keyboard on the iPhone and so it’s not all that helpful to me. The second added feature is a “favorite” list that allows you to keep a list and quickly switch between commonly used translations.
The are several plusses and minuses for this app that you should take in to account. An obvious con is that if you are planning on going out of the country you probably won’t want to be using your cell phone’s data plan and so you will be restricted to using 
this app only where you can find WiFi. A plus though is that you could literally get voice pronunciation for 5 different languages for just $10! Another con is that there is no voice input for this app like some translators have. This can make trying to have a conversation in another language extremely tedious.
While obviously this app is not perfect, if you just need it on a semi-regular basis, or if you have people you know at work that speak a language that you don’t this app may be for you. Regardless, I think that you will find it difficult to find an app with this many different languages built in that allows you to only purchase voice for the ones that you are really interested in. That and it can’t hurt to try because there’s a version of it that’s totally free available in the App Store today!
- David H.
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Developer – Sonico Mobile
URL: http://www.itranslate.cc/
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