Speaker (Romanian)
Bună ziua. Cât costă un kilogram de roșii?
Здравствуйте. Сколько стоит килограмм помидоров?
Salut Привет
Live translation
Romanian ↔ Russian
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick Romanian and Russian. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between Romanian and Russian, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Russian)
Двадцать леев. Они свежие, собраны сегодня утром.
Douăzeci de lei. Sunt proaspete, culese azi-dimineață.
Speaker (Romanian)
Perfect, dați-mi două kilograme, vă rog.
Отлично, дайте мне два килограмма, пожалуйста.
What metcha supports for this pair
| Romanian | Russian | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple on-device translation | — | ✓ |
| Deepgram cloud STT | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS built-in voices | ✓ | ✓ |
| ElevenLabs premium voices (Plus) | 2 voices | 2 voices |
| Voice cloning (Plus, your voice) | ✓ | ✓ |
Why metcha for this pair
This pair has a real home: Moldova, where daily life in Chișinău moves between Romanian and Russian at the same market stall or service counter. The two languages are unrelated, a Latin-script Romance language next to Cyrillic-script Slavic, so neighbors often understand far less of each other than they would like. Most translation tools treat a non-English pair like this as second-class and pivot through English; metcha's Better Translation path translates directly between Romanian and Russian with conversational context.
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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Romanian: Bună ziua, îmi pare bine.
Russian: Здравствуйте, очень приятно.
- Thank you
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Romanian: Mulțumesc mult.
Russian: Большое спасибо.
- Apology
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Romanian: Scuzați-mă, nu înțeleg.
Russian: Извините, я не понимаю.
- Directions
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Romanian: Unde este piața centrală?
Russian: Где центральный рынок?
- Ordering
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Romanian: Ce îmi recomandați?
Russian: Что вы посоветуете?
- Allergy
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Romanian: Sunt alergic la nuci.
Russian: У меня аллергия на орехи.
- Bill
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Romanian: Nota de plată, vă rog.
Russian: Счёт, пожалуйста.
- Hotel
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Romanian: Am o rezervare.
Russian: У меня забронирован номер.
- Pharmacy
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Romanian: Aveți ceva pentru dureri de cap?
Russian: У вас есть что-нибудь от головной боли?
- Taxi
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Romanian: Mă puteți duce la gară?
Russian: Вы можете отвезти меня на вокзал?
Where you'd use it
- Daily life in Chișinău, where both languages share the same streets
- Markets and shops in Moldova serving customers in either language
- Mixed Romanian- and Russian-speaking families and celebrations
- Cafés and service counters working across the two communities For cafés →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Russian to Romanian as well as Romanian to Russian?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks Romanian, the other person hears it in Russian; when they reply in Russian, you hear it in Romanian. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is Romanian ↔ Russian 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 Romanian 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.