Stories4 min read
The conversation you meant to have with your Lola
You grew up speaking English. Your grandmother thinks in Tagalog. Here is what a long, unhurried talk across that gap can look like with one phone on the table.
The Nualingo team ·
Notes from the table
Stories about families, travellers and colleagues who talk across languages, plus guides and product news.
Guides5 min ·
Meeting your partner's family for the first time
Where to put the phone, what to say first, and how to explain the voice to someone who has never heard it.
Product4 min ·
How Nualingo works out who is speaking
No turn buttons to press. A plain explanation of language detection and why a pause matters.
Stories4 min ·
A study group that finally stopped nodding along
Four students, two languages, one shared table in the library.
Guides4 min ·
Captions or voice: which to use, and when
Quiet cafés, loud markets and late nights when the house is asleep. Plus why captions-only time counts at half.
Stories4 min ·
Renting a flat in a city where you don't speak the language
Questions about deposits and bills, asked and answered at the kitchen table.
Product4 min ·
60 languages, Ukrainian and Tamil among them
What any two of 60 languages means, what to expect from a less common pair, and how we test a pair before it gets its own page.
Guides3 min
Nualingo or Google Translate's conversation mode
Google Translate's conversation mode is free and works on one shared phone. See what Nualingo does differently, what it costs and when Google is better.
Guides3 min
An alternative to AirPods Live Translation
AirPods Live Translation needs a recent iPhone and supported AirPods, and has no Thai. Nualingo runs in the browser on Android or iPhone, in 60 languages.
Guides3 min
Talking with your partner's family
Meals and visits with a partner's family who speak another language: what to set up first, how one phone interprets at the table, and where it falls short.
Guides8 min
The best apps for a translated conversation
Nine apps and devices for a spoken conversation between two people, set side by side from each maker's own pages. Ours is one of them, and we say so.
Guides3 min
SayHi was shut down: what to use instead
SayHi Translate stopped working in August 2024, and Amazon gave no reason. These apps still translate a conversation on one phone, the free ones first.
Guides4 min
An alternative to Samsung Interpreter
Samsung's Interpreter is free on recent Galaxy phones, with 22 languages. If your phone is not a Galaxy, Nualingo runs in the browser in any two of 60.
Guides3 min
An alternative to Microsoft Translator
Microsoft Translator is free and translates a conversation on one phone. Here is how Nualingo differs, what it costs and when Microsoft is the better pick.
Guides3 min
An alternative to Pocketalk
Pocketalk is a handheld translator from $299.95 with five years of data. Nualingo runs in your phone's browser instead. Here is when each one makes sense.