You can activate it by tapping on the pen icon and then freely draw individual letters or whole words with your finger. Conversation translation In the mobile app Google Translate features such as ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Google's translation app has a new feature that will come in handy for travelers. You point your smartphone's camera at a sign printed in a foreign language ...

open your Google Translate app. In the upper-right corner of the screen, tap the Account icon and click Downloaded Languages.

or the icon that looks like two pages to copy it. The Google Translate app also offers "Conversation" mode, which turns the app into an active translator while you and another person talk.