Speaker (German)
Guten Abend, wir haben eine Reservierung für zwei Nächte, auf den Namen Huber.
Buonasera, abbiamo una prenotazione per due notti, a nome Huber.
Hallo Ciao
Live translation
German ↔ Italian
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick German and Italian. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between German and Italian, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Italian)
Benvenuti sul Lago di Garda. La vostra camera ha vista lago, la colazione è dalle sette alle dieci.
Willkommen am Gardasee. Ihr Zimmer hat Seeblick, Frühstück gibt es von sieben bis zehn.
Speaker (German)
Wunderbar, danke. Bekommen wir heute Abend noch einen Tisch auf der Terrasse?
Magnifico, grazie. Possiamo ancora avere un tavolo in terrazza per stasera?
What metcha supports for this pair
| German | Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
German and Italian meet every day along the Alps: South Tyrol is officially bilingual, and German speakers are Italy's largest group of foreign visitors, filling hotels around Lake Garda and along the Adriatic every summer. Most translation tools treat a non-English pair like this as second-class and route everything through English. metcha's Better Translation path on metcha Plus translates directly between German and Italian and keeps the formal register, Sie and Lei, where a service conversation calls for it.
Common phrases
Hand-picked phrases for everyday Italian-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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German: Guten Tag, freut mich.
Italian: Buongiorno, piacere.
- Thank you
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German: Vielen Dank.
Italian: Grazie mille.
- Apology
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German: Entschuldigung, ich verstehe nicht.
Italian: Mi scusi, non capisco.
- Directions
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German: Wie kommen wir zur Seepromenade?
Italian: Come arriviamo al lungolago?
- Ordering
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German: Ich hätte gern die Tagesempfehlung.
Italian: Vorrei il piatto del giorno.
- Allergy
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German: Ich bin allergisch gegen Nüsse.
Italian: Sono allergico alla frutta secca.
- Bill
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German: Die Rechnung, bitte.
Italian: Il conto, per favore.
- Hotel
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German: Wir haben ein Zimmer reserviert.
Italian: Abbiamo prenotato una camera.
- Pharmacy
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German: Haben Sie etwas gegen Sonnenbrand?
Italian: Avete qualcosa per le scottature solari?
- Wifi
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German: Wie lautet das WLAN-Passwort?
Italian: Qual è la password del wifi?
Where you'd use it
- German and Austrian holidaymakers around Lake Garda, the Dolomites, and the Adriatic coast
- Daily life in South Tyrol, where shops, offices, and clinics switch between both languages
- Hotel front desks in northern Italy welcoming German-speaking guests For hotels →
- Business between Munich, Milan, and Bolzano
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Italian to German as well as German to Italian?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks German, the other person hears it in Italian; when they reply in Italian, you hear it in German. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is German ↔ Italian translation in metcha on-device or cloud?
- Both. metcha's free tier uses Apple's on-device Translation framework where supported (available for both German and Italian). 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 German and Italian?
- 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 Italian?
- metcha's Deepgram STT path handles major regional variants of Italian 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 Italian?
- 4 curated native-Italian 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.