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Translating pages, videos, and images

Yandex Start recognizes the language of any page you open and can translate it into English or any other language. It also translates text in images and shows the result right over the original text.

Translating pages, words, and phrases

Pages

To translate a page from a foreign language to your preferred language, tap on the page or select → Translate page.

At the top of the screen, the translation bar shows the progress. If you want to stop the translation, tap on the right.

To go back to the page in the original language:

Tap on the right of the translation bar.

Tap → Show original.

Words and phrases

Yandex Start can translate individual words and sentences into Russian. To see the translation of a word or phrase, select it on the page. The translation bar appears at the top of the screen.

To see all translations of a word or phrase:

  1. Select them in the text.
  2. On the bar that appears, tap  → Yandex Translate

Note

To view translation options, install the Yandex Translate app.

Translating images

  1. Tap and hold the image.
  2. In the context menu, select Translate image.

The translation appears on top of the original image.

To view the original image:

  1. Tap and hold the image.
  2. In the context menu, select Show original.
  • If Automatic image translation is enabled in settings, just translate the page.
  • If Automatic image translation is disabled, tap <sodipodi:namedview id="svg-vy4c49k1__base" pagecolor="#ffffff" bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:zoom="15.839192" inkscape:cx="15.234394" inkscape:cy="18.23027" inkscape:document-units="mm" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" inkscape:document-rotation="0" showgrid="false" inkscape:window-width="1920" inkscape:window-height="1015" inkscape:window-x="0" inkscape:window-y="0" inkscape:window-maximized="1"/>rdf:RDF<cc:Work rdf:about="">dc:formatimage/svg+xml</dc:format><dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage"/>dc:title/</cc:Work></rdf:RDF> on the translation bar at the top of the screen.

To see the original image text, tap <sodipodi:namedview id="svg-zhabyyst__base" pagecolor="#ffffff" bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:zoom="22.4" inkscape:cx="1.3500621" inkscape:cy="13.725411" inkscape:document-units="mm" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" inkscape:document-rotation="0" showgrid="false" inkscape:window-width="1920" inkscape:window-height="1015" inkscape:window-x="0" inkscape:window-y="0" inkscape:window-maximized="1"/>rdf:RDF<cc:Work rdf:about="">dc:formatimage/svg+xml</dc:format><dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage"/>dc:title/</cc:Work></rdf:RDF>. To see the page and the images in their original language, tap  on the translation bar.

Note

You can also translate images outside the pages. Let's say you want to wish a Merry Christmas to your British friend. You can find a lot of greeting cards on the internet, but if your English isn't very good, you might not be certain that the recipient and the greeting are written correctly on the card. To be on the safe side, use Yandex Images.

Changing the translation language

Follow these steps to translate a page to the language of your choice:

  1. Translate the page into English the easiest way for you.
  2. Choose your language from the list at the top of the page in the translation bar.

Note

If automatic image translation is enabled in the settings, images are also translated into the new target language. If automatic image translation is disabled, after you change the translation language, tap <sodipodi:namedview id="svg-fkf6go85__base" pagecolor="#ffffff" bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:zoom="15.839192" inkscape:cx="15.234394" inkscape:cy="18.23027" inkscape:document-units="mm" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" inkscape:document-rotation="0" showgrid="false" inkscape:window-width="1920" inkscape:window-height="1015" inkscape:window-x="0" inkscape:window-y="0" inkscape:window-maximized="1"/>rdf:RDF<cc:Work rdf:about="">dc:formatimage/svg+xml</dc:format><dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage"/>dc:title/</cc:Work></rdf:RDF> at the top of the screen on the translation bar.

Translation settings

Translate pages automatically
  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Go to Yandex Translate.
  3. Enable the Automatic page translation option.
Disable automatic page translation
  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Go to Yandex Translate.
  3. Disable Automatic page translation.
Enable automatic image translation

If you want the browser to translate images automatically when it translates a page:

  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Go to Yandex Translate.
  3. Enable Automatic image translation.
Disable automatic image translation

If you don't want the browser to translate images automatically when translating a page:

  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Go to Yandex Translate.
  3. Disable Automatic image translation.

Disabling automatic translation

  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Under Yandex Translate, disable Offer to translate pages.
  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Under Yandex Translate, disable Translate words and phrases.

Problems with translation

Automatic translation doesn't work

Yandex Translate is enabled in the app by default. Make sure that you haven't disabled it manually earlier:

  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Under Translate, enable the following options:
    • Offer to translate pages.
    • Automatic page translation (pages are translated into the interface language without a request from the user).
    • Automatic image translation (when translating the page, the text in the images is also translated).
    • Translate words and phrases.
I can't translate an image

Image text can't be translated if:

  • The image isn't clear enough.
  • The text is handwritten or cursive.
  • The image is too small.
I don't get a notification when video translation is complete

Check if the Yandex Start app has permission to send notifications:

  1. Open the device settings.
  2. Go to Apps → Yandex Start → Manage notifications.
  3. Make sure the Allow notifications option is on.

Check if notifications are enabled in the app settings:

  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.
  2. Tap Push notifications.
  3. Make sure the Video translation option is on.
I can't enable subtitles with video translation
  1. Check if video and subtitle translation is enabled in the app:
    1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.
    2. Make sure the Translate videos and subtitles and Untranslated subtitles options are enabled.
  2. Subtitles can't be enabled if you're watching a video in full-screen or picture-in-picture mode (on top of other apps). Return to standard mode, enable subtitles, and configure them. Then open the video in full-screen or picture-in-picture mode again.
How to enable subtitles without translation
  1. Next to the translation icon, tap .
  2. Enable the Subtitles option.
  3. In the Language field, select the original language. If the service provides its own subtitles, you can choose them.
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