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Vietnamese is the national language of Vietnam, a country of about 100 million people, and of large communities abroad. An English to Vietnamese translator helps at markets in Hanoi, cafés in Ho Chi Minh City and in messages to family overseas.
Vietnamese uses the Latin alphabet, but its tone marks belong to the word: ma, má, mà, mả, mã and mạ are six different words. It also has no single word for "I" or "you"; speakers pick kinship words like anh, chị and em by age, so TapTranslate's translation can only be as precise as the context you give it.
Spoken by about 85 million native speakers in Vietnam and by large communities in the United States, Australia and France.
Written in the Latin alphabet, left to right, with extra letters such as đ, ơ and ư and accent marks for its six tones.
Type or paste English and read it in Vietnamese, or the other way around. Works online, and offline with a downloaded pack.
Speak in turns and hear each translation read aloud, when your iPhone supports Vietnamese speech.
Point at printed Vietnamese on a menu, a sign or a label and read it in English, drawn over the original.
Type in English in any app and send it in Vietnamese with one tap.
Scan a letter or open a PDF and read every page translated, with the layout kept.
Everyday phrases and how to say them. TapTranslate translates anything else you need.
| English | Vietnamese |
|---|---|
| Hello. | Xin chào.Everyday speech adds a kinship word: chào anh to a man, chào chị to a woman. |
| Do you speak English? | Bạn có nói được tiếng Anh không? |
| Where is the bathroom? | Nhà vệ sinh ở đâu? |
| How much is this? | Cái này bao nhiêu tiền? |
| One iced coffee with milk, please. | Cho tôi một ly cà phê sữa đá.In the north, people say cốc instead of ly for a glass. |
| Could you lower the price a little? | Bớt cho tôi một chút được không? |
| Could I have the check, please? | Cho tôi tính tiền nhé.Call staff with em ơi if they are younger than you, or anh ơi or chị ơi if older. |
| I'm allergic to peanuts. | Tôi bị dị ứng đậu phộng.In the north, peanuts are lạc. |
| I don't understand. | Tôi không hiểu. |
| Thank you very much. | Cảm ơn nhiều. |
Quick chats are often typed without diacritics, and unaccented Vietnamese can be read several ways. Keep the marks when you write, and expect a translation of unaccented text to guess at some words.
Vietnamese picks pronouns by age and relationship: anh for an older man, chị for an older woman, em for someone younger. The neutral tôi and bạn are fine with strangers but sound distant with friends and family.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City use different words for everyday things (cốc and ly for a glass, lạc and đậu phộng for peanuts) and pronounce some tones differently. Both versions are understood across the country.
Answers specific to this language pair.
Yes. With Pro, download the offline pack once and TapTranslate translates between English and Vietnamese with no connection, on a long bus ride or abroad without roaming. Offline packs need iOS 27 and an iPhone with at least 4 GB of memory.
Yes. TapTranslate translates documents and PDFs in both directions, such as a rental contract, a school letter or a menu sent as a file. The first page is free.
Yes. The TapTranslate keyboard works in any app. Type in English and it replaces your text with the Vietnamese translation, diacritics included, or copy a Vietnamese message to translate it into English.
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