Translate Swedish, with no signal at all.
Typed Swedish translation runs on your iPhone with nothing connected. The camera reads Swedish on the phone too, and more accurately online, so it uses a signal when there is one. Below are two real scans, unedited.
Typing works with no signal
Download the Swedish pack once, over hotel wifi, and typed translation runs on the phone from then on — as it does in all 58 languages.
The camera reads it better online
Your iPhone can read Swedish on its own, and reads it more accurately with a connection — so it uses the connection when there is one and the phone when there is not.
Speech depends on your iPhone
Spoken translation uses Apple's own speech packs, which cover about half of these languages and differ from phone to phone — so the app tells you if it cannot hear Swedish rather than failing while someone waits. How speech works.
Two real ones, printed and photographed
Both went through the app on an iPhone from pages we had printed, so the Swedish is known rather than guessed. What came back is below it, unedited.
Printed on it
- Fara
- Rör inte kablarna
- Håll barn på avstånd
- Ring föreståndaren vid nödsituation
What the app gave back
- Danger
- Do not touch the cables
- Keep children at a distance
- Call the manager in case of emergency
Read and translated on an iPhone, 1 September 2026, from a page we had printed — so the original is known rather than guessed. Nothing here is tidied up.
All four lines right: "Do not touch the cables", "Keep children at a distance" and "Call the manager in case of emergency".
Printed on it
- Centralstationen
- Spår 3
- Tåg till flygplatsen
- Köp din biljett innan du stiger på
- Utgång till höger
What the app gave back
- Central station
- Track 3
- Trains to the airport
- Buy your ticket before rising on
- Exit to the right
Read and translated on an iPhone, 1 September 2026, from a page we had printed — so the original is known rather than guessed. Nothing here is tidied up.
Nearly clean. "Spår 3" came back as "Track 3", which is right, but "innan du stiger på" came back as "before rising on" rather than before boarding.
Questions
Does Swedish camera translation work offline?
Yes, and better with a connection. The phone reads Swedish on its own; the online reader is more accurate, so SofiLingo uses it when there is a signal and the phone when there is not.
Does typed Swedish translation work offline?
Yes. Download the Swedish pack once, over wifi, and typing runs entirely on the phone from then on. That is true of all 58 languages.
How good is the Swedish translation?
Good enough for menus, signs and tickets, and not for anything that matters legally or medically. The two examples on this page are unedited, mistakes included, so you can judge it yourself before you pay anything.
Can SofiLingo hear spoken Swedish?
It depends on your iPhone. Spoken translation uses Apple’s own speech packs, which cover about half of the 58 languages and differ from phone to phone, so the app tells you before you start if it cannot hear Swedish.
Take it with you
The first 15 translations are free, with ads and no card. Download the Swedish pack before you go and the phone can do the rest on its own.
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