Can I trust the AI translation?
Almost always, but not blindly. It handles the everyday cases very well and can still trip over slang, ambiguity or rare meanings, so edit anything that feels off.
Vokabulo runs on the latest, most powerful AI language models, and we run regular tests to see which ones offer the best translations. They handle the great majority of cases very well, but they can still trip over slang, ambiguity, or a very rare meaning.
Treat the AI as a capable assistant, not an unquestionable authority. If a translation feels off, trust your gut: refine the context, edit the result, or try again with a clearer prompt.
Asking for a second opinion
Not happy with a translation? The round arrow button in the top right corner runs it again on the backup model, and tapping it again cycles back to the first result.
What the AI changes on its way
The AI does more than translate. It corrects your spelling, puts verbs into the infinitive, gives nouns their article, and offers gendered adjectives in both forms.
So the word you typed may change under your fingers. That is intended, not a glitch.
When it is confident about more than one translation, it returns up to three, separated by commas in the same field, and it is worth trimming those before you save.
When a call fails
A short note appears under the field, and pressing return tries again. If the service cannot be reached at all, Vokabulo tells you the word will be saved offline: Save stores it with a Translation coming tag, and the rest is filled in by itself once it can.
Words
- What is the Words screen for?
- What do the icons on the Words screen do?
- How do I add a new word?
- Why does every word come with a context sentence?
- How do I edit a word I already saved?
- How do I share words with someone?
- How do I get the words from a blog article?
- How do I import a word list from Excel or CSV?
- How does Vokabulo pronounce my words?
- How do I search my collection, and what happens with duplicates?
- How do I change a lot of words at once?
- What are tags for?
- How do I tag every new word automatically?
- How do I show only the words with a certain tag?
- How do I rename or delete a tag?
- What are usage labels?
- I started typing in the wrong language. Now what?