You follow a site in a language you do not read well, or an article lands in your list in a language you would rather not struggle with. FeedBro can translate it for you, right inside the article, without sending you to another page or tool.
Where the Translate button is
Open an article. Below the text you will find the Translate tile, in the same row as the other article actions. Its small line of text says which language you will get, for example Read in Deutsch. FeedBro uses the language you chose for your account in Settings.
How to translate
- Open the article you want to read.
- Tap Translate. The label changes to a short waiting message while FeedBro works.
- The title and the text are replaced by the translated version.
Pictures, videos and the audio player stay exactly where they were. Only the words change.
Pick a different language
Next to the tile there is a small arrow. Tap it to see the other languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew and Greek. Choose one and the article is translated into it.
If the article is already in your own language, the tile reads Choose a language and opens the same list. If you pick the language the article is already written in, FeedBro tells you so and leaves the text alone.
Go back to the original
Once an article is translated, the tile changes to Show original, with the line Back to the original. Tap it and the article returns to how the publisher wrote it. The arrow is still there, so you can switch to another language without going back first.
How much you can translate
Translation is part of Coffee Club. The list of languages shows a line such as About 20 of 25 translations left this month. A translation here means an average article, so a very long article uses more of it than a short one. The count starts again on the 1st of each month. If you run out, FeedBro says so and the button works again next month.
Very long articles may be too long to translate. In that case FeedBro tells you, and the original stays as it is.
What Free readers see
On a Free account the tile still appears, with the line Included in Coffee Club. Tapping it takes you to the plan page, where you can read what Coffee Club includes and join if you like. Nothing is translated on Free, and nothing is charged until you choose to join.
Good to know
- The Translate tile only appears on articles that have some text to translate. A page with just a video or a picture has none.
- Translations are machine translations. They are good for understanding an article, but they are not perfect, so check the original for anything important.
- If a translation fails, you will see a short message. Trying again a little later usually works.
Try it on the next article you skip because of the language. If something does not work as described, tell us through the contact page.
