As previously mentioned, Google Translate no longer allows unlimited free translations on its servers. Instead it offers a very small free quota (100,000 chars per day, per app - NOT per user!). For the moment, we will limit each user to 2000 characters/day for Google Translate (and still unlimited for Bing Translator). This may need to be changed (up or down) later depending on how close the combined usage gets to the 100,000 quota.

Custom font support (see here for more details)

For some languages, characters appear as empty squares instead of proper characters: This happens when the Android device does not have the appropriate font installed. Now, with Better Translator (1.2.0+), you can overcome this problem by placing an appropriate font file on your SD card (or “external storage”). For example, if Indic (e.g. Hindi) characters are not being displayed properly then place this file on your SD card in this directory:

Minor bug fixes (primarily concerning error message when showing ads)

Minor bug fixes

As most of you know, paid Android apps are not available in China or Taiwan, but there are a couple of tricks to work around this (such as the sim card swap). The key point to know is that (at least for smartphones), your location is determined by the country of your sim card. So, if you are using a US, UK, German etc sim card then you will see paid apps no matter where you are.

Improved About screen for Gingerbread and Honeycomb devices. Now, clicking on the first item will take you to the App Details system screen providing an easy way to Clear Data or Uninstall the app. This is already available on pre-Gingerbread devices Minor bug fixes

Added localizations for French, German, Japanese & Korean. These are very approximate localizations (primarily generated using online translation engines like Google Translate and Bing Translator) so please send us any corrections Minor bug fixes If you would like to contribute a translation of this app into your native language, then please contact us at [email protected]

Fixed bug where translation was often not being auto-appended to incoming SMS message App should now work on devices without telephony

TTS crash fixed in Desire HD, Evo 4G - On some rare occasions the TTS would not initialise properly and result in a slowing down of the system. If there are still problems, please let us know!

Fixed bug in TTS (only affected Andriod 1.6, 2.1 devices) Better decision-making over which engine to use. Try long-pressing on Translate button to force which engine to use Minor bug fixes

Fixed long-standing bug in TTS initialisation Added section in About screen to access Voice Recognition system settings Fixed some layout issues on low-res screens Some minor bug fixes

Added romanization support! When you translate to any of the following languages, the romanized form will be added to the end of the translation (there may be a delay before it appears): Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese (Pinyin), Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Thai, Ukranian Some devices are not able to show all characters. You can also skip translation completely and just select the same language twice (e.g. Japanese > Japanese).

Overhauled UI - now a much cleaner look Long-press on the language buttons to bring up a list of recently-used languages. Long-press on the swap-language button to bring up list of recently-used language pairs. Long press on translate button (Google or Bing icon) to trigger a particular translator engine (Google or Bing) About screen - touch first item to go directly to the app’s system settings (where you can Force Stop the app, Move-to-SD (2.

Better handling of Back button Minor bug fixes

Added Simplified & Traditional Chinese localisations Improved prompting for installing additional Text-to-speech libraries (eSpeak) Some minor bug fixes

Improved prompting for installing additional Text-to-speech libraries (eSpeak) Some minor bug fixes

Minor bug fixes Updated Upgrade-to-Pro message https://market.android.com/details?id=com.embermitre.app.bettertranslator.lite&hl=en

Some bug fixes

This is the very first stable release of both free and pro versions. Better Translator aims to be the complete solution for translation needs on Android. Through its simple yet powerful user interface, translations can be accomplished with the minimum of fuss! Supports both Google Translate and Bing Translator engines Auto detect language using either engine or use “Auto” which combines both engines to achieve the most reliable detection Voice recognition (if available) Text-to-speech Reverse translate - for checking the accuracy of a translation Translation history “Starred” translations - your favorite translations easily accessible Language pair history - long-click on button between languages to access recent language pairs Pro version has all the features plus the following benefits: