Package with PC

In order to cope with the problems of downloading and installing the offline
language package directly on your Android-based device, alternatively you
also can download the offline language package with your PC and then
transfer it to your Android device.

1. Prerequisite Files
The Offline Language Package. In this package, there are
two files needed, they are c.zip and language.zip
ES File Explorer Application. It is an Android-based File
manager which we will use to transfer files from SD Card to the
Google Translate folder. It can be downloaded for free on
Google Play Store.

2. Downloading the Offline

Language Package:
Core files:
http://dl.google.com/translate/offline/v3/r1/c.zip [38 MB]
http://dl.google.com/translate/offline/v3/r1/profiles.txt
Languages:
http://dl.google.com/translate/offline/v3/r1/desired language tag (2
letters).zip
Example:
Indonesian: http://dl.google.com/translate/offline/v3/r1/id.zip [160 MB]
Arabic: http://dl.google.com/translate/offline/v3/r1/ar.zip
Languages Tag Code for Google Translate:
lr=lang_af Afrikaans
lr=lang_ar Arabic
lr=lang_hy Armenian

lr=lang_be Belarusian
lr=lang_bg Bulgarian
lr=lang_ca Catalan
lr=lang_zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)
lr=lang_zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)
lr=lang_hr Croatian
lr=lang_cs Czech
lr=lang_da Danish
lr=lang_nl Dutch
lr=lang_en English
lr=lang_eo Esperanto
lr=lang_et Estonian
lr=lang_tl Filipino
lr=lang_fi Finnish
lr=lang_fr French
lr=lang_de German
lr=lang_el Greek
lr=lang_iw Hebrew
lr=lang_hi Hindi
lr=lang_hu Hungarian
lr=lang_is Icelandic
lr=lang_id Indonesian
lr=lang_it Italian
lr=lang_ja Japanese
lr=lang_ko Korean
lr=lang_lv Latvian
lr=lang_lt Lithuanian
lr=lang_no Norwegian
lr=lang_fa Persian
lr=lang_pl Polish
lr=lang_pt Portuguese
lr=lang_ro Romanian

lr=lang_ru Russian
lr=lang_sr Serbian
lr=lang_sk Slovak
lr=lang_sl Slovenian
lr=lang_es Spanish
lr=lang_sw Swahili
lr=lang_sv Swedish
lr=lang_th Thai
lr=lang_tr Turkish
lr=lang_uk Ukrainian
lr=lang_vi Vietnamese

3. Copying the Offline Language

Package from PC to SD Card of
your Android Device

After the offline language package file has been downloaded, then transfer or
move it from your PC to your Android gadget SD Card. For this, I use USB
cable connection. Put the c.zipand language.zip files into the same folder
to make it easier for installation process later on.

4. Download Trick
This download trick is used so that the Google Translate application would
create temporary folder to save the downloaded offline language package
files. Later on, these two files will be moved from the SD Card to this
temporary folder. Heres how:
1. Acivate your Android device Wi-Fi connection.
2. Run the Google Translate application, then download the offline
language package youre your android device, like the first
step explained above. Wait for approximately 3 seconds, then
turn off your Wi-Fi connection without cancelling the download
process.
3. Open the ES File Explorer, copy c.zip from SD Card and paste
(overwrite)
inSD/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.translate/fil
es/ol/v3r1/tmp/v3r1/zipfolder at which the profiles.txt also is

located in.

4. Turn on your Wi-Fi connection again and the download process

of c.zip will finish in an instant.
5. Next, the Google Translate will download language.zip. Wait for
3 seconds and turn the Wi-fi off.
6. Open the ES File Explorer, copy language.zip from SD Card
and paste (overwrite)
inSD/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.translate/fil
es/ol/v3r1/tmp/v3r1/zipfolder.
7. Reactivate the Wi-Fi connection and the download process will
finish instantly

Now the offline language package is already installed on the Google

Translate. You may notice it by seeing the pin icon on vertical position with the
blue background.

Summary
The feature of the offline language package really helps on using the Google
Translate. Beside the capability to be used anywhere and anytime without
internet connection, the translating process will be faster because you dont
have to be connected to Google server. It really is helpful feature.
Which of the Google Translate feature you like the most?
However, the offline use of google translate doesnt support text to speech
and voice input features.
The huge size of the offline language package inevitably becomes obstacles
for Android users who have slower and unstable internet connection. This
obstacle can be coped with by firstly downloading the files with PC and then
transfer them to the Android device.
Other advantage of downloading the files with PC first is that the zip file of the
offline language package can be transferred and used in different Android
devices that you have without re-downloading them.
Do you find any troubles on installing the google translate offline
language package?
Or do you have easier way than I suggested?
Please share what do you have in mind.