Google’s offline languages update allows Android users to download automated language translation packs for 50 languages, including Chinese, Arabic, French, and Spanish. Just make sure your device has enough storage space for your expanded vocabulary.

Now you can access the world’s major languages with your Android smartphone even when you don’t have an Internet connection.

Google has just launched offline language packs for Google Translate for devices running Android 2.3 and up. And the best part is you can now access these automated language translations without any Internet connection on your mobile device.

Of course the offline mode will need to be enabled on an Internet connection to download the language packs. You can turn it on in the app menu to see all the language packs available for download. But once the packs are downloaded, you're good to go offline from anywhere in the world.

"While the offline models are less comprehensive than their online equivalents, they are perfect for translating in a pinch when you are traveling abroad with poor reception or without mobile data access," according to Google associate product manager Minqi Jiang.

The new much awaited feature is now available as Google’s latest update in the Google Play Store. The update will enable users to save offline language packs so that the language translation is readily available. However, each language pack is over 100MB so make sure to free up some space if you want to save multiple packs. The Spanish pack alone is 156.74MB.

After updating your Google translate app, simply go to menu and choose offline languages and then download different languages from the list.

For more detailed information on Google’s offline language packs, please visit the official Google translate blog.

By Alex Dupont
Marketing Communications Specialist
Language Translation Inc.

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• Today, everyone has access to free automated translation, also known as machine translation or automatic translation through Google, Babel Fish, or Bing.
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• Google Translate for Android adds offline language support
  Heading out of the country with your Android phone? Consider upgrading to the latest version of Google Translate for Android, which now supports offline language translation.