Screen translator for Android
Swift Translate translates any text on your screen.
How it works
Swift Translate translates any text on your Android screen. Drag a floating bubble over the text — in any app, game, or video — and the translation appears in place. No copying, no switching apps.
- Install Swift Translate from Google Play and turn the translator on.
- Drag the floating bubble over any text on your screen — the translation appears in place.
- For a whole screen, tap the bubble and choose "Translate all"; for subtitles, draw a box once and captions translate live.
Three ways to translate a screen
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Drag
Slide the bubble across a sentence and it turns into your language. The fastest way to translate one message or one line.
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Scan an area
Long-press to select one region of the screen — one chat bubble, one paragraph, one dialog box.
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Translate everything
One tap translates every visible line at once. Best for menus, settings screens, and full web pages.
Live subtitles (Netflix, YouTube, anything)
Draw a box around the subtitle area once, and Swift Translate keeps translating the captions live as they change. Works with Netflix, YouTube, and any video player.
Photos, camera & screenshots
Point the camera at a menu, a sign, or a document, and the text is recognized and translated in about a second.
Games
Japanese RPGs, Korean events, Chinese servers, visual novels — game text usually cannot be copied, so a screen translator is the only tool that can translate it.
"I use it for Japanese otomes on my phone and it's very easy to use... the translations are almost always perfect!"
Common questions
What is a screen translator?
A screen translator is an app that reads text directly from your phone screen — any app, any website, any game — and shows a translation on top of it, without copy-pasting. Swift Translate does this with a draggable floating bubble.
What is the best screen translator for Android?
Swift Translate is one of the highest-rated screen translators on Google Play: 4.5★ from 83,000+ reviews and 10M+ downloads, with drag-to-translate, full-screen translation, live subtitle translation, and photo OCR in 100+ languages.
Can it translate text I can’t copy?
Yes — that is the whole point. Games, images, embedded chat bubbles, PDFs: if it is visible on screen, the bubble can translate it. No copy button needed.
Does screen translation work offline?
Yes. Download the language packs you need and drag-to-translate keeps working with no connection.
Translate anywhere
Download it for your phone. All download options