Speaker (Italian)
Buonasera, un tavolo per due?
안녕하세요, 두 명인데 자리 있어요?
Ciao 안녕하세요
Live translation
Italian ↔ Korean
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick Italian and Korean. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between Italian and Korean, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Korean)
네, 있습니다. 안쪽이 좋으세요, 아니면 광장 쪽 야외가 좋으세요?
Certo. Preferite dentro o fuori, in piazza?
Speaker (Italian)
Fuori, grazie. E cosa ci consiglia?
야외로 할게요, 감사합니다. 그리고 뭐가 맛있어요?
What metcha supports for this pair
| Italian | 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
Korean travelers are everywhere in Rome, Florence, and Venice, drawn to the art, the food, and Italian fashion and design. The two languages have nothing in common on the page: Italian is verb-medial in the Latin alphabet, Korean is verb-final in hangul with a firm polite register (존댓말). Most translation tools pivot a non-English pair like this through English; metcha's Better Translation path on metcha Plus translates directly between Italian and Korean and keeps the polite form at a restaurant table or a shop counter.
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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Italian: Buongiorno, piacere.
Korean: 안녕하세요, 만나서 반갑습니다.
- Thank you
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Italian: Grazie mille.
Korean: 정말 감사합니다.
- Apology
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Italian: Mi dispiace, non capisco.
Korean: 죄송해요, 잘 못 알아들었어요.
- Directions
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Italian: Dov'è il Duomo?
Korean: 두오모가 어디예요?
- Ordering
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Italian: Cosa mi consiglia?
Korean: 뭐가 맛있어요?
- Allergy
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Italian: Sono allergico al glutine.
Korean: 저는 글루텐 알레르기가 있어요.
- Bill
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Italian: Il conto, per favore.
Korean: 계산해 주세요.
- Hotel
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Italian: Ho una prenotazione.
Korean: 예약했는데요.
- Pharmacy
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Italian: Avete qualcosa per il mal di testa?
Korean: 두통약 있어요?
- Taxi
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Italian: Mi porta a questo indirizzo, per favore?
Korean: 이 주소로 가 주세요.
Where you'd use it
- Korean travelers in Italy: Rome, Florence, Venice See the Rome guide →
- Fashion and design shopping in Milan and Florence
- Food and wine tours where the conversation is half the experience
- Restaurants and trattorias welcoming Korean tour groups For restaurants →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Korean to Italian as well as Italian to Korean?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks Italian, the other person hears it in Korean; when they reply in Korean, you hear it in Italian. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is Italian ↔ 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 Italian 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 Italian 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.