Safari Translation Feature Reportedly Working in Additional Countries

[DocStone]

Works in the USA. I can read British, Australian, and South African news just fine. ;-)

 

[and 1989 others]

Still no Yorkshire Translation.

 

[polyphenol]

Still no Yorkshire Translation.

Still neya Yorksha translation.

 

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Still no Yorkshire Translation.

I do wonder how many non Brits will understand that...

 

[Morgenland]

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I do wonder how many non Brits will understand that...

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use deepl.com "Yorkshireman: "Nah, it's 'ere, int basket.""
1) translate into chinese (约克郡人："不，它就在这里，在篮子里")
2) retranslate into english (us)
-> "Yorkshireman: "No, it's right here, in the basket."" works for non brits...

Apple still doesn't use such good translation algorithms as deepl's guys, but they are probably already recruiting....

BTW. Google translation is one of the worse translators, Apple can hardly learn anything from them.

 

[CommanderData]

Not sure why macrumors continue giving this misinfo. Safari can’t translate Japanese yet.

It can't translate Japanese or Korean yet. Was all excited thinking that they added a few new languages that I've been waiting for into Safari translation, but nope. Maybe next year...

 

[Barnclos]

Update for Switzerland: it does English to French/German (and, I assume, the others in the list), but I can’t get it to translate French/German to English.

 

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What's surprising to me is that it has worked in Safari with macOS Big Sur on my MBP, but not on my iPhone 8 but it does on my wife's iPhone 11.

That does surprise me 🤔

I found the fix. Simple really, I needed to wait at least 30 seconds after shutting the iPhone 8 down before restarting it!

 

[polyphenol]

I found the fix. Simple really, I needed to wait at least 30 seconds after shutting the iPhone 8 down before restarting it!

I too restarted - and waited. Still appeared not to work but then went to another site, suddenly prompted to allow translation - so probably the restart did work. Thanks.

 

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I too restarted - and waited. Still appeared not to work but then went to another site, suddenly prompted to allow translation - so probably the restart did work. Thanks.

Some sites don't have the option to translate, but I have noticed that in those cases a menu shows at the bottom showing your language preferences.

I found the solution thanks to feedback I received from Spanish Apple Support and a contributor's advice.

Force quitting the app before restarting is also useful, in some cases it resolves the issue without restarting:

Close an app on your iPhone or iPod touch – Apple Support (UK)

If an app won’t respond or seems frozen, you can close it, then open it again.

support.apple.com

This is where I noted the 30 seconds reference:

Restart your iPhone – Apple Support (UK)

Find out how to turn your iPhone off, then back on.

support.apple.com

 

[westerlu77]

This morning I found a translate button in Safari in Sweden.😀

 

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🙃
use deepl.com "Yorkshireman: "Nah, it's 'ere, int basket.""
1) translate into chinese (约克郡人："不，它就在这里，在篮子里")
2) retranslate into english (us)
-> "Yorkshireman: "No, it's right here, in the basket."" works for non brits...

It only works if they translate first into Chinese and then back into English.

A lot of hoops to jump through to make a point. 😝