Two people. Two languages. One screen.
Talk to a customer, a guest or a new colleague the way you'd talk to anyone: face to face. You each speak your own language and read the other's, side by side.
How it works
Open Live Chat Translation on a laptop, tablet or phone, choose the two languages and put the screen where you can both see it. Whoever is speaking just talks; the other person reads the translation on their side.
Where it helps
A front desk, a shop counter, a landlord showing a flat, a new colleague's first week, a parent at a school meeting: anywhere two people need to understand each other and there's no interpreter in the room.
Text you can both read
The conversation is shown as text, side by side for both people, so nobody has to remember what was said a minute ago.
What it costs
Free for 10 minutes a day. Spark ($2 a week or $8.99 a month) and Bolt ($30 a month) have no daily limit.
Questions people ask
Do we need two devices?
No. Live Chat Translation is designed for one screen shared by both people.
Does it speak the translation aloud?
No, Live Chat Translation is text only. Both people read the conversation side by side.
Which languages can we use?
Any pair of the 37 translation languages, including English and Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Indonesian and Portuguese.
How much does it cost?
You can start free with no card. Spark is $2 a week or $8.99 a month and adds live translation on calls and talks, voice cloning and Audience View. Bolt is $30 a month. Cancel any time, with a full refund within 14 days of signing up.