▶ Google Translate: how to pronounce

By now almost everyone knows that Google Translate is an almost unrivaled tool when we want to learn single words in another language. Its ability to directly translate documents and websites and its translation in different contexts make this tool one of the best translators on the market. But one of the problems you can run into when trying to speak another language is pronunciation. Knowing how to spell a word is useless if you need to talk to someone and you don't know how to pronounce it.

The easiest way to learn how to pronounce a word is by using the speaker tool, where a voice tells you the word so that you learn to pronounce it. We will see this tool a little later.

The second option is the phonetic transcription To obtain this transcription you will only have to write the word you want to learn the pronunciation of in the Text's box. When you click on it, the phonetics of it will appear a little below. If you are familiar with the transcriptions you will be able to know the pronunciation without the need for your mobile to emit any sound.

How to listen to the pronunciation of a word in Google Translate

If you don't know phonetics or just looking for something simpler, the best way to learn how to pronounce is to know how to listen to the pronunciation of a word in Google Translate . It's a really simple process.

All you have to do is click on the speaker-shaped icon that will appear below the word. This icon appears both in the words that we write in the text box and in the one that appears to us when translating. By clicking on it, we will hear the pronunciation of the word in question aloud, which is ideal for learning.

You can hear a word, a phrase or even a small text aloud. But it is important to keep in mind that the longer the text, the more inaccurate the pronunciation will be, since this tool works better with single words

How to change pronunciation speed in Google Translate

If the voice that teaches you the word is too fast (or too slow) you will be interested to know how to change the pronunciation speed in Google Translate .

To do this, you will have to enter the Android Settings. Within this menu you will have to access System settings>Language and input>Text to speech There you will find a slider button with the legend Speed ​​index. By moving it you can choose that all the narrations, including the readings aloud made by the Google translator.

This change will not only apply to the translation tool, but to all readings done by the Android system.

If you only want to change the speed for a translation in a timely manner, you will have no choice but to modify the system settings at each change , as there is no way to do this directly from the translator.

Other tricks for Google Translate

The option to learn pronunciation is one of the most interesting tools offered by Google Translate. But there are other functions that can also be interesting, and that you can learn in the following articles:

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