Speaker (Korean)
안녕하세요, 오늘 작업은 이 라인부터 시작하면 됩니다.
Bună ziua, astăzi putem începe munca de la această linie.
안녕하세요 Salut
Live translation
Korean ↔ Romanian
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick Korean and Romanian. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between Korean and Romanian, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Romanian)
Am înțeles. De unde pot lua echipamentul de protecție?
알겠습니다. 안전 장비는 어디서 받을 수 있나요?
Speaker (Korean)
입구 옆 보관함에 있습니다. 제가 안내해 드릴게요.
Este în dulapul de lângă intrare. Vă conduc eu acolo.
What metcha supports for this pair
| Korean | Romanian | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple on-device translation | ✓ | — |
| Deepgram cloud STT | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS built-in voices | ✓ | ✓ |
| ElevenLabs premium voices (Plus) | 4 voices | 2 voices |
| Voice cloning (Plus, your voice) | ✓ | ✓ |
Why metcha for this pair
This is a niche, long-tail pair with a practical home: Korean manufacturers run plants and training programs that bring Romanian workers and trainees together with Korean staff, and mixed families form along the way. The two languages are completely unrelated, a verb-final hangul language beside a Latin-script Romance language with its own diacritics (ă, â, î, ș, ț). Romanian is not in Apple's on-device Translation, so metcha handles this pair through its cloud Better Translation path rather than a fully offline one, translating directly instead of pivoting through English.
Common phrases
Hand-picked phrases for everyday Romanian-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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Korean: 안녕하세요, 만나서 반갑습니다.
Romanian: Bună ziua, îmi pare bine de cunoștință.
- Thank you
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Korean: 감사합니다.
Romanian: Mulțumesc.
- Apology
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Korean: 죄송해요, 잘 못 알아들었어요.
Romanian: Îmi pare rău, nu înțeleg.
- Directions
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Korean: 화장실이 어디예요?
Romanian: Unde este toaleta?
- Work
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Korean: 이거 어떻게 하는지 알려 주시겠어요?
Romanian: Îmi puteți arăta cum se face asta?
- Allergy
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Korean: 저는 견과류 알레르기가 있어요.
Romanian: Sunt alergic la nuci.
- Bill
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Korean: 계산해 주세요.
Romanian: Nota de plată, vă rog.
- Hotel
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Korean: 예약했는데요.
Romanian: Am o rezervare.
- Pharmacy
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Korean: 두통약 있어요?
Romanian: Aveți ceva pentru dureri de cap?
- Help
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Korean: 좀 도와주시겠어요?
Romanian: Mă puteți ajuta, vă rog?
Where you'd use it
- Korean firms and the Romanian workers and trainees on their lines
- Workplace safety briefings and shift handovers across the two languages
- Mixed Korean and Romanian families settling into daily life
- Neighborly exchanges where neither side shares a third language
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Romanian to Korean as well as Korean to Romanian?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks Korean, the other person hears it in Romanian; when they reply in Romanian, you hear it in Korean. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is Korean ↔ Romanian 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 Korean and Romanian?
- 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 Romanian?
- metcha's Deepgram STT path handles major regional variants of Romanian 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 Romanian?
- 2 curated native-Romanian 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.