1. Google Translate

Available on: iOS | Android

Google Translate is a big name in the field, and for good reason. For starters, it supports over 100 languages including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. You can even translate languages you’re unfamiliar with, like Frisian and Sesotho.

This free online translator also allows you to play the audio of the translated pieces at a conversational rate. If you play a translation twice, the audio will be slightly slower, allowing you to master tricky pronunciations. Keep in mind, however, that these pronunciations may not always be accurate.

To translate, all you have to do is enter the text, website or document into the left box, and Google Translate can figure out what language it is, provided you enable the “Detect Language” function. You can input your text directly, enter a webpage link, upload a document or quickly snap a picture.

In case you don’t have the typing skills for your target language yet, such as Japanese or Russian, you can also use their handwriting feature. You could also make use of their visual keyboard to type in words using your target alphabet. For common languages, you could use their speech input feature to help you quickly get a translation of what someone is saying in your target language.

You’ll get multiple translations, definitions and ratings of how common they are, too. This is helpful since translations often depend on context. You could even “save” words for easy access the next time you use Google Translate.

2. Bing Microsoft Translator

Available on: iOS | Android

While Bing Microsoft Translator doesn’t have as many features as Google Translate does, it’s not something to sneeze at, either. In fact, Bing’s translations may be even better for certain languages.

You can get translations and audio pronunciations for over 100 languages including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Yucatec Maya and Klingon (yes, you read that right). All you have to do is input your text, voice or photo into the appropriate fields.

In case you need a little more help, you could also hit up other users via the “Conversation” tab. There are also phrasebooks in various languages covering topics like lodging, dining and emergencies—perfect for travelers and learners on the go. Finally, you can retrieve previous translations and check out any pinned searches.

3. Reverso

Available on: iOS | Android

Reverso doesn’t translate quite as many languages as the ones above, but it still has some special features that make it worth using.

Currently, Reverso offers translations for 17 languages including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

For most common words and phrases, Reverso will provide you with several possible translations. You’ll also get example sentences, which are very useful for learning how to use new vocabulary in context. If you’re unsure about the grammar of the text you’re translating, run it through Reverso’s spell/grammar check to generate the most accurate translation.

If you opt for a subscription, you can access advanced features such as pronunciation, search history, phrasebooks and other offline learning tools.

4. Yandex Translate

Available on: iOS | Android

Yandex Translate isn’t as well-known as the tools already named above, but it’s on this list for one special reason: This tool utilizes self-learning statistical machine translation for over 100 languages.

You can transliterate Chinese pinyin, Japanese romaji, Korean romanization and more. Speech input is available in languages such as Russian, Ukrainian, English or Turkish.

Aside from text, Yandex can also translate photos, articles, entire web pages and more. If you’re reading on an iPad, you can utilize the “Split View” feature. A virtual keyboard is available for typing symbols in the absence of an international keyboard. Like Reverso, Yandex provides examples of how your translated words are used in context.

5. Translate Dict

Translate Dict is a web-based translator that supports dozens of languages. It auto-detects the language or dialect you’re translating, and also offers audio pronunciation. There’s even an accent detector to catch any inflections, intonations and other nuances for a more accurate translation.

You could also check out the word and character count at the bottom of the page. This comes in handy if you want to use the translator to craft social media posts that limit character counts.

6. SYSTRAN

SYSTRAN is another web-based translator that can be used for over 50 languages. It offers many of the bells and whistles already present in the other translators mentioned, such as translations of documents and web pages.

Additionally, SYSTRAN can also translate RSS feeds, which comes in handy when you’re subscribed to a content creator in your target language. You could even create your own personal dictionary, which not only helps you keep track of new vocab, but also override any default translations that may not be accurate.

And if you opt for the pro version, you can unlock even more features, such as translations into more languages, unlimited text translation and more supported document formats.

7. DeepL

Available on: iOS | Android

DeepL is one of the least comprehensive options on this list in terms of the number of languages that it can translate. To date, it’s only available for 32 languages. However, the quality of the translations are on par with—and, in some cases, even better than—the more well-known of the best free translator tools on this list.

You could type in the text to be translated, drop in .pdf, .docx and .pptx files or click the microphone to translate speech. There’s even a glossary function and a dictionary function for extra information.