Translate Welsh, with no signal at all.
Typed Welsh translation and the camera both run on your iPhone, so a menu or a sign in Welsh can be read in flight mode. Below are two real ones, printed, photographed and translated by the app, and left unedited.
Typing works with no signal
Download the Welsh 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 on the phone
Your iPhone reads Welsh from a photograph itself. Nothing is sent anywhere, and it works with the phone in flight mode.
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 Welsh 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 Welsh is known rather than guessed. What came back is below it, unedited.
Printed on it
- Yr Hen Bont
- Adeiladwyd y bont yn 1580.
- Cafodd ei dinistrio yn y rhyfel a'i hailadeiladu gyda'r cerrig gwreiddiol.
- Heddiw hi yw'r heneb yr ymwelir â hi fwyaf yn y rhanbarth.
- Caniateir ffotograffiaeth heb fflach.
What the app gave back
- The old bridge
- The bridge was built in 1580. It was destroyed in the war and rebuilt with the original stones. Today she is the most visited monument in the region. Photography without flash is allowed.
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.
Clean. Most of the plaque was read as one block, but every sentence came through, with only "Today she is the most visited monument" sounding odd.
Printed on it
- Perygl
- Peidiwch â chyffwrdd â'r gwifrau
- Cadwch blant draw
- Ffoniwch y rheolwr mewn argyfwng
What the app gave back
- Danger
- Don't touch the wires
- Keep children over
- Call the manager in an 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.
Three lines of four right, but the one about children is wrong: "Cadwch blant draw" came back as "Keep children over" rather than away.
Questions
Does Welsh camera translation work offline?
Yes. Your iPhone reads Welsh from a photograph itself, so a scan works in flight mode and nothing is sent anywhere.
Does typed Welsh translation work offline?
Yes. Download the Welsh 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 Welsh 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 Welsh?
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 Welsh.
Take it with you
The first 15 translations are free, with ads and no card. Download the Welsh pack before you go and the phone can do the rest on its own.
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