Speaker (German)
Willkommen an unserem Stand. Darf ich Ihnen unsere neue Fertigungslinie zeigen?
저희 부스에 오신 것을 환영합니다. 새 생산 라인을 안내해 드려도 될까요?
Hallo 안녕하세요
Live translation
German ↔ Korean
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick German and Korean. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between German and Korean, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Korean)
네, 부탁드립니다. 저희는 정밀 부품 공급업체를 찾고 있습니다.
Sehr gerne. Wir suchen einen Zulieferer für Präzisionsteile.
Speaker (German)
Dann sind Sie hier genau richtig. Kommen Sie bitte mit.
그러시면 제대로 찾아오셨습니다. 이쪽으로 오시죠.
What metcha supports for this pair
| German | 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
Germany and Korea are tied together by industry: Hyundai, Kia, and Samsung work closely with German machine-tool makers and automotive suppliers, and the big Frankfurt and Hannover trade fairs put the two languages in the same room every year. Both cultures take formality seriously, and German Sie maps cleanly onto Korean 존댓말. Most translation tools route a non-English pair through English; metcha's Better Translation path on metcha Plus translates directly between German and Korean and holds the formal register through a meeting.
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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German: Hallo, guten Tag.
Korean: 안녕하세요.
- Thank you
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German: Vielen Dank.
Korean: 감사합니다.
- Apology
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German: Entschuldigung, ich verstehe nicht.
Korean: 죄송합니다, 잘 못 알아들었습니다.
- Directions
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German: Wie komme ich zum Messegelände?
Korean: 전시장에 어떻게 가나요?
- Business
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German: Können wir einen Termin vereinbaren?
Korean: 미팅 일정을 잡을 수 있을까요?
- Allergy
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German: Ich bin allergisch gegen Nüsse.
Korean: 저는 견과류 알레르기가 있습니다.
- Bill
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German: Die Rechnung, bitte.
Korean: 계산해 주세요.
- Hotel
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German: Ich habe eine Reservierung.
Korean: 예약했습니다.
- Pharmacy
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German: Haben Sie etwas gegen Kopfschmerzen?
Korean: 두통약 있나요?
- Help
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German: Können Sie mir bitte helfen?
Korean: 좀 도와주시겠어요?
Where you'd use it
- Trade fairs in Frankfurt, Hannover, and Düsseldorf
- Factory visits and supplier audits between German and Korean firms
- Automotive and machine-tool partnerships with Hyundai, Kia, and Samsung
- Conference floors and B2B meetings across the two languages For conferences →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Korean to German as well as German to Korean?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks German, the other person hears it in Korean; when they reply in Korean, 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 ↔ Korean 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 Korean). 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 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.