A good start...
By behind the mask on Oct 19, 2008
194 of 203 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1
Reviewing a free app can be challenging. Since it's free, one doesn't want to be too critical. Yet, it's still important to register one's impressions. Since this app is billed as "an interface to the free Google Translate API," I think it's fair to compare it to Google's own iPhone-optimized translation page.
• Although I like the way Free Translator allows the user to specify the source and target languages upon launching, the problem is that it asks you *every* time you launch the app. This is tedious. (Google's web app remembers your previous settings each time you visit.)
• Also, Free Translators translations appear in a "bubble window," which then has to be dismissed. And upon returning to the app, your previous translation has disappeared. (Google's web app keeps all of your translations in a list, so you can scroll down to see previous translations.)
My favorite thing about Free Translator is its icon. (Nicely done!) Otherwise, since Google's translation web app has more features, I frankly don't see any advantage to using Free Translator -- other than having a great icon. :-)
Developer: If you can (a) make Free Translator remember our source and target languages, (b) put our translations in a normal window, and (c) make Free Translator keep our translations in a running list, so we can refer to them later by simply scrolling down; then, at that time, I'll be happy to give Free Translator 5 stars.
Until then, I'm going to stick with Google's web app.
Great!!
By WilliamGalindo on Oct 20, 2008
24 of 34 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1
This app is perfect; nice, simple, looks like something Apple would have designed. Just have a few suggestions. 1) Add more translations. 2) Change the "clear" bottom to an "X" on the bottom of the field. 3) Option for landscape mode. 4) This is a long shot but audio translations would be great!
Simple
By Boywithstick on Oct 19, 2008
19 of 29 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1
This is a very simple and easy to use app. The Spanish phrases I tested were correct.
GREAT BABE MAGNET!
By Jason klye Mannit on Dec 01, 2009
15 of 18 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.21
Awesome app! I LOVE this app- I can go up to random girls and speak French, aw that so works! But I have only one complaint- And that is NEED to be able to copy and paste in/out of Free Translater- thanks- please consider this recommendation
Awesome
By ElliotCatalano on Oct 23, 2008
15 of 22 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.2
This is an awesome help to me in french class and to all who say their languages aren't there, read the description... "some of the languages are in the next update"
Cool
By MattSr92 on Oct 23, 2008
13 of 18 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.2
This is a great translator but the only thing I think there should be is that the keyboard automatically comes back up when you go back after a translation. Otherwise it's awesome. For the stupid people who gave this app 1-2 stars for not having one or a few of the languages in the description, it clearly says that some of the languages will be added in the NEXT UPDATE.
Love this app
By 2222987654321 on Oct 22, 2008
12 of 18 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.2
Great tool I think that it is better than the translator on the widgets!!!!
Japenese
By imagem44 on Oct 23, 2008
12 of 24 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.2
You should add japenese to the list
Great
By Brobby on Nov 02, 2008
10 of 14 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.2
The only way I'm passing my Spanish 3 class. :0
Yes
By Delatina on Oct 21, 2008
10 of 25 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1
Great me likey so much. I hope u can add Chinese and Japanese language. Pls thanks in advance. Asian language rocks!
Please add SMS feature
By Please add SMS on Oct 23, 2008
9 of 15 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.2
This app is wonderful but I'd love love love to see a few more languages like Romanian and if you could text the translations I would use this app every day!!!!!! Please add SMS otherwise this is an excellent app
Creator obviously does not know Japanese well or at all .
By Greeeen is a color on May 29, 2009
7 of 11 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.14
I got this and some other apps for Japanese . I'm taking a class of the language and figured this would be helpful;but it wasn't . It says it can translate sentences, but I tried converting the sentence " where do you shop at?" from Japanese to English . It's translation was " how big are we?". I decided then to translate of the other way around, saying where do you shop at in English . The translation to Japanese was wrong. It used the wrong words on it , like ここ which means here, when the translation should have been " どこで、かいものおしますか"
No easy way to use interactively
By Kovanen on Oct 24, 2008
7 of 13 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.12
It would be very nice to be able to flip the language pairs. This would allow it to be used interactively with another person. Now, you can translate something but to allow the other person to respond you must go back to the start and re-select the language pairs. So, really, it adds very little to the translate feature that Google already offers for the iPhone. (google.com has a special translte feature for the iPhone if you go to google.com and then choose "more" to customize the blue menu on top.) A simple way to flip between language pairs would add real utility beyond what Google offers. Note that the application pitches a set of $4.99 off-line dictionaries pretty hard, taking up half the display on the data entry screen. Otherwise, the app works as well as the Goigle iPhone version.
Love it!!!
By Gqlatin on Oct 24, 2008
5 of 6 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.3
Great app, a must have no matter what. Best it's free. Everyone should get this app
German is great
By Thechin2010 on Dec 10, 2009
5 of 6 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.0.21
Helps out on homework easy to use and seems to translate very well...also the fact it only needs 3g not wifi is pretty cool all around great app and it's free!!
