Speaker (Croatian)
Dobra večer! Posljednja žičara silazi u devet.
안녕하세요! 마지막 케이블카는 9시에 내려갑니다.
Bok 안녕하세요
Live translation
Croatian ↔ Korean
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick Croatian and Korean. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between Croatian and Korean, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Korean)
감사합니다. 일몰을 보고 내려가도 될까요?
Hvala vam. Možemo li sići nakon zalaska sunca?
Speaker (Croatian)
Naravno — odavde je zalazak najljepši. Uživajte!
물론이죠 — 여기서 보는 일몰이 가장 아름답습니다. 즐기세요!
What metcha supports for this pair
| Croatian | Korean | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple on-device translation | — | ✓ |
| Deepgram cloud STT | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS built-in voices | ✓ | ✓ |
| ElevenLabs premium voices (Plus) | 4 voices | 4 voices |
| Voice cloning (Plus, your voice) | ✓ | ✓ |
Why metcha for this pair
Croatia became one of Korea's favorite European destinations after the 2013 reality show Grandpas Over Flowers filmed there — Korean itineraries now run Zagreb, Plitvice, Split, Dubrovnik as a matter of course, and Korean is a language Croatian guides genuinely encounter. Korean's 존댓말/반말 speech levels and Croatian's Vi/ti both encode respect grammatically; metcha keeps that intact in both directions.
Common phrases
Hand-picked phrases for everyday Korean-speaking situations. In metcha you don't need to memorize these — but they're useful to anchor what the app sounds like before you try it.
- Greeting
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Croatian: Dobar dan, drago mi je.
Korean: 안녕하세요, 만나서 반갑습니다.
- Thank you
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Croatian: Puno vam hvala.
Korean: 정말 감사합니다.
- Apology
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Croatian: Oprostite, ne razumijem.
Korean: 죄송해요, 잘 못 알아들었어요.
- Directions
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Croatian: Gdje je stara gradska jezgra?
Korean: 구시가지가 어디예요?
- Ferry
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Croatian: Kada polazi sljedeći trajekt?
Korean: 다음 페리는 몇 시에 출발해요?
- Ordering
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Croatian: Što nam preporučujete?
Korean: 추천해 주시겠어요?
- Allergy
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Croatian: Alergičan sam na orašaste plodove.
Korean: 저는 견과류 알레르기가 있어요.
- Bill
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Croatian: Račun, molim vas.
Korean: 계산해 주세요.
- Hotel
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Croatian: Imam rezervaciju.
Korean: 예약했는데요.
- Pharmacy
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Croatian: Imate li nešto protiv glavobolje?
Korean: 두통약 있어요?
Where you'd use it
- Korean tour groups and honeymooners in Dubrovnik, Split, and Plitvice
- Guides, drivers, and photographers working with Korean visitors
- Croatian hosts welcoming guests from Seoul in family-run apartments
- Restaurants on the Korean itinerary through the Adriatic For restaurants →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Korean to Croatian as well as Croatian to Korean?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks Croatian, the other person hears it in Korean; when they reply in Korean, you hear it in Croatian. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is Croatian ↔ Korean translation in metcha on-device or cloud?
- Both. metcha's free tier uses Apple's on-device Translation framework where supported (partial — one side may route via the cloud path). metcha Plus optionally routes through a Better Translation cloud path for more natural phrasing, with a quiet fallback to the on-device path when the network is slow.
- Do I need both AirPods to use metcha for Croatian and Korean?
- No. The simplest mode is one earbud each — you keep one, the other person keeps the other. metcha handles both directions through that single shared pair. If you'd rather both wear your own earbuds, you can pair a second phone in seconds via a QR code (still no app install for the other person).
- What about regional accents within Korean?
- metcha's Deepgram STT path handles major regional variants of Korean robustly. The on-device path is more sensitive to accent — if you find the free path missing words, switching to the metcha Plus cloud STT usually fixes it without changing anything else about the conversation.
- Does it work without internet?
- The free on-device path works fully offline once the relevant Apple Translation language packs are downloaded. metcha Plus features that depend on Deepgram, Better Translation, or ElevenLabs voices need a network connection.
- How many voices does metcha ship for Korean?
- 4 curated native-Korean voices on metcha Plus, plus all iOS built-in voices on the free tier (and any Enhanced or Premium voices you've installed in Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content).
- Are conversations private?
- metcha does not store conversations on our servers, and none of our providers retain audio for training. The free on-device path never sends audio off your phone at all. See the privacy policy for the full data-handling story.