[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":136},["ShallowReactive",2],{"content-en-translateAnywhere":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"ctaBody":110,"ctaTitle":111,"description":112,"extension":113,"eyebrow":114,"faqs":115,"locale":125,"meta":126,"navigation":127,"pageType":128,"path":129,"seo":130,"stem":131,"summary":132,"translationKey":133,"updatedAt":134,"__hash__":135},"content_en\u002Ftranslate-in-any-app.md","Translate in the apps where you already type",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":99},"minimark",[9,14,18,21,25,28,32,35,39,42,46,49,53,56,59,75,83,87,90],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"messaging","Messaging",[15,16,17],"p",{},"Write to friends, family, customers, or colleagues without leaving the conversation to translate each draft. LingoKey can be selected from the globe-key menu in compatible message fields.",[15,19,20],{},"The keyboard is not reading the whole conversation. You choose the text in the current field and start a translation action yourself.",[10,22,24],{"id":23},"email-and-work","Email and work",[15,26,27],{},"Draft a short reply, choose Professional mode when wording matters, and review the translated result before sending. Specialized or contractual language should still receive human review.",[10,29,31],{"id":30},"social-apps","Social apps",[15,33,34],{},"Translate posts, comments, captions, and direct messages where third-party keyboards are permitted. A social writing style can help the result fit a shorter, more conversational format.",[10,36,38],{"id":37},"browser-and-forms","Browser and forms",[15,40,41],{},"Use LingoKey in compatible search boxes and web forms. Password fields and some sensitive inputs intentionally use the system keyboard instead.",[10,43,45],{"id":44},"incoming-text","Incoming text",[15,47,48],{},"When text cannot be edited directly, copy it and use LingoKey’s clipboard translation. Clipboard access is an explicit action and is separate from normal keyboard typing.",[10,50,52],{"id":51},"why-compatibility-varies","Why compatibility varies",[15,54,55],{},"LingoKey is an iOS keyboard extension, not a collection of separate integrations. A compatible app gives the extension access to an ordinary text field. The same app can still use different keyboard rules for different inputs.",[15,57,58],{},"You may see Apple’s keyboard instead when:",[60,61,62,66,69,72],"ul",{},[63,64,65],"li",{},"The field is for a password or another secure value",[63,67,68],{},"The app developer has disabled third-party keyboards",[63,70,71],{},"The input uses a specialized phone, payment, or system interface",[63,73,74],{},"Device-management policy restricts keyboard extensions",[15,76,77,78,82],{},"Those cases do not mean the LingoKey keyboard was removed. Test in a normal field in Notes or Messages, then check ",[79,80,81],"strong",{},"Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards"," if it is still missing.",[10,84,86],{"id":85},"what-you-need-in-every-app","What you need in every app",[15,88,89],{},"Translation requires Full Access, a network connection, selected source and target languages, and text to translate. Your language pair, translation mode, and writing style travel with the keyboard, so you do not have to configure them separately for each compatible app.",[15,91,92,93,98],{},"Learn ",[94,95,97],"a",{"href":96},"\u002Ftranslate-while-typing\u002F","how translation works while you type",".",{"title":100,"searchDepth":101,"depth":101,"links":102},"",2,[103,104,105,106,107,108,109],{"id":12,"depth":101,"text":13},{"id":23,"depth":101,"text":24},{"id":30,"depth":101,"text":31},{"id":37,"depth":101,"text":38},{"id":44,"depth":101,"text":45},{"id":51,"depth":101,"text":52},{"id":85,"depth":101,"text":86},"Add the keyboard once and use it in compatible apps across iPhone and iPad.","Take LingoKey into your next conversation","Use the LingoKey iPhone keyboard to translate in compatible messaging, email, browser, productivity, and social app text fields.","md","One keyboard across apps",[116,119,122],{"question":117,"answer":118},"Does LingoKey integrate separately with every app?","No. LingoKey uses the iOS keyboard extension system, so compatible apps expose their text fields to the installed keyboard.",{"question":120,"answer":121},"Why does an app sometimes show the Apple keyboard instead?","Apps can disable third-party keyboards, and iOS uses the system keyboard for certain secure or specialized fields.",{"question":123,"answer":124},"Can LingoKey translate copied incoming text?","The current version includes clipboard translation so you can bring copied text into the translation panel intentionally.","en",{},true,"product","\u002Ftranslate-in-any-app",{"title":5,"description":112},"translate-in-any-app","Once LingoKey is enabled, switch to it from compatible text fields instead of moving every message through a separate translator.","translateAnywhere","2026-07-24","5qMv2Dxa6n8J8QzN404XV1Ncu3qLBHnSPq-qyUMiAtU",1784887916435]