You can draw letters or phrases and check their translation in the Translate app. This is useful if your keyboard doesn’t use the letters or symbols you want to translate.
- Open the Translate app
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- At the bottom, tap the language you’re translating from.
- At the bottom, tap the language to translate to.
- Tap Handwriting
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- If the button does not appear, handwriting can’t translate that language.
- In the box that says "Write here," draw a character, word, or phrase.
- When you stop drawing, Translate shows the closest match.
- To add spaces between entries, tap Space.
- To delete letters, tap Backspace
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- When you’re done, tap Translate
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Tip: If you need to write characters more slowly, tap Settings 