Speaker (Korean)
할머니, 이 김치 어떻게 담그셨어요? 정말 맛있어요.
Бабушка, как вы приготовили это кимчи? Очень вкусно.
안녕하세요 Привет
Live translation
Korean ↔ Russian
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick Korean and Russian. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between Korean and Russian, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Russian)
Я готовила его по маминому рецепту. Рада, что тебе нравится.
우리 어머니 방식 그대로 담갔단다. 마음에 든다니 기쁘구나.
Speaker (Korean)
저도 언젠가 배우고 싶어요.
Я тоже хочу когда-нибудь этому научиться.
What metcha supports for this pair
| Korean | Russian | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Korean and Russian meet in real communities: the Koryo-saram, ethnic Koreans across Central Asia and the former USSR whose families now often speak Russian, and the long trade and travel ties between Vladivostok and Korea. The two languages share nothing on the page, hangul against Cyrillic, but both keep a real polite register, Korean 존댓말 and Russian вы. Most tools pivot a non-English pair through English; metcha's Better Translation path on metcha Plus translates directly between Korean and Russian and keeps the polite form intact.
Common phrases
Hand-picked phrases for everyday Russian-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.
Russian: Здравствуйте, приятно познакомиться.
- Thank you
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Korean: 정말 감사합니다.
Russian: Большое спасибо.
- Apology
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Korean: 죄송해요, 잘 못 알아들었어요.
Russian: Извините, я не понимаю.
- Directions
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Korean: 가장 가까운 역이 어디예요?
Russian: Где ближайшая станция?
- Ordering
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Korean: 뭐가 맛있어요?
Russian: Что вы посоветуете?
- Allergy
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Korean: 저는 견과류 알레르기가 있어요.
Russian: У меня аллергия на орехи.
- Bill
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Korean: 계산해 주세요.
Russian: Счёт, пожалуйста.
- Hotel
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Korean: 예약했는데요.
Russian: У меня забронирован номер.
- Pharmacy
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Korean: 감기약 있어요?
Russian: У вас есть что-нибудь от простуды?
- Help
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Korean: 좀 도와주시겠어요?
Russian: Вы не могли бы мне помочь?
Where you'd use it
- Koryo-saram families across Central Asia and the former USSR
- Trade and travel between Vladivostok and Korea
- Russian-speaking tourists in Seoul and along the Korean coast
- Multi-generation households where Russian and Korean share the table
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Russian to Korean as well as Korean to Russian?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks Korean, the other person hears it in Russian; when they reply in Russian, 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 ↔ Russian translation in metcha on-device or cloud?
- Both. metcha's free tier uses Apple's on-device Translation framework where supported (available for both Korean and Russian). 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 Russian?
- 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 Russian?
- metcha's Deepgram STT path handles major regional variants of Russian 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 Russian?
- 2 curated native-Russian 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.