# Pairaphrase Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Pairaphrase the right Transcription solution for you? Explore 25 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/155596/Pairaphrase/reviews --- Pairaphrase 4.3 (25) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/155596/Pairaphrase/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Pairaphrase Ease of use 4.6 Customer Service 4.5 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews ls lyes s editorBroadcast Media, Self-employedUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “It is incredible to have the option to utilize a "safe" apparatus versus the interpreters accessible on the web, particularly for a portion of the more specialized dialects which as a precise interpretation."“ June 20, 2021 TM Tom M General ManagerAutomotive, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I deal with lots of very technical regulatory documents and Japanese is a difficult language for any software translation“ January 8, 2021 TM Tom M General ManagerAutomotive, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Interface is pretty easy to use, however, I get the same results using Microsoft translator that is built into Office. “ January 8, 2021 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 25 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Contracts Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Does what it says it does and does it well" August 18, 2025 5.0 Very positive. It does what is says does and it does it very well. I get a lot of requests from my team to translate documents, and the output has been very good Pros I find it to be easy to use. The translations seem to be very spot on. It does a great job in providing our team a reliable translation of documents that we need to review. Cons Sometimes the formatting of the document that is translated is off and is somewhat time consuming to reformat. Review Source Response from Pairaphrase November 18, 2025 Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback! We are so glad you are getting value from Pairaphrase. We continue to improve formatting results and options, so stay tuned! lS lyes S. editor Broadcast Media Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "About Pairaphrase" June 20, 2021 4.0 t's anything but a decent and positive experience by and large Pros "It is incredible to have the option to utilize a "safe" apparatus versus the interpreters accessible on the web, particularly for a portion of the more specialized dialects which as a precise interpretation." "Worldwide, the utilization of this product let we save part of time and give me admittance to numerous records without to request that my contacts decipher, excellent help for my correspondence." "I loved the one next to the other perspectives on unique and deciphered dialects. I loved that the product created interpretation was in front of what google decipher can do." "I required an additional hand when my responsibility got to overpowering. Pairaphrase was an enormous assistance to complete things in an incredible time span." Cons "This product battles powerfully with dividing. For instance, if the first record has the accompanying." "Most noticeably awful - the product is extremely helpless when the first report contains list items, numbered records, alphabitized records, and so forth" "The issue with dispersing changes the information 'word' and demolishes the interpretation. Additionally, entire sentences are essentially missed inside passages." Review Source ER Erik R. paralegal Renewables & Environment Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Frustrating" April 21, 2020 3.0 Frustrating and a feeling that simple google translate would be easier and faster and often times more accurate - caused by problems with the software's ability to correctly input words and phrases and the software's tenancy to apply bold and italic when it is not in the original without the prompt or ability to correct. Pros it runs the translation while i work on other things and it remembers (sometimes to a fault - see below) the inputs from previous translations. Cons Worst - the software is very poor when the original document contains bullet points, numbered lists, alphabitized lists, etc. it is also quite frustrating that if I have an italicized or bold word in an early document, the software will almost always translate that word (or sentence) in the future to an italicized or bold translation, even if the original input was not italicized or bold. Which leads to the next problem. The prompt to change the text size, italicize, bold, etc in each box (when reviewing the translation and manually changing the result) comes up very inconsistently and often not at all. Meaning the end-translation document is littered with paragraphs and random words which are italicized or bold when they should not be, or certain words or numbers become size 6 font in the middle of a pragraph because they were once used as size 6 font and are not in the translation memory (ability to change hardly ever comes up). Further - spacing. This software struggles mightily with spacing. For example, if the original document has the following: Erik R - "I wrote a review of Pairaphrase". the software will input this as: Erik R-"I wrote a review of Pairaphrase". This causes the software to translate ' R-"I ' as one word, which it cannot do of course, causing the rest of the translated paragraph or sentence to become worthless. The problem with spacing changes the input 'word' and ruins the translation. Also, whole sentences are simply missed inside paragraphs. Review Source Zakary W. Freelancer Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Financial Product Ever!" April 16, 2020 5.0 Pros It's guarantee to work without any lags , distractions, etc. Cons I can't one Con about this software business as it's the best ever! Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Digital Enablement Leader Chemicals Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Extremely helpful" April 7, 2020 4.0 Pros I love how I can simply submit an entire PowerPoint file and have the native file automatically translated by Pairaphrase. It's a HUGE time saver! Cons It would be easier to have your most used languages accessible through a shortcut so I don't have to scroll down all the way to find them. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer EBS Director (Lean management) Chemicals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good support for file translation from various languages" January 8, 2021 3.0 As I work with Asia, America and Europ and have to use share documents from several languages, so Pairaphrase is the right tool for me to have quick translations of complete documents. If it's just for rough understanding, I keep the document as is, but if I need to share, recheck of every line is necessary. Globally, the use of this software let we save lot of time and give me access to many documents without to ask my contacts to translate, very good support for my communication. Pros The way to use it is very simple, and all countries WW I work with can be translated, enough to understand the meaning. I appreciate to keep all pictures and shapes from ppt or word, and formula in Excel. Very convenient Cons I lose quite a lot of time in ppt to resize text, which is the main issue for me. Review Source Lukasz S. seo Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "High quality content in multiple languages. " April 13, 2020 4.0 Pros Pairaphase has helped me translate product descriptions into many languages while maintaining high quality. The whole is based in the cloud, which greatly facilitates work. Cons For my demand, Pairphase is sufficient. Review Source IR Iris R. Clinical QA Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Pairaphrase Saves you Time and Money" April 20, 2020 4.0 It has been a good and positive experience overall. Pros It does a very good translation. It does not fully substitute the "must have" dominion of the language and variations of the language that I am translating into, instead Pairaphrase saves me time specially if I have a substantial amount of documents to translate. It is quick and easy to use. Cons I believe it would help even more if translates the document full page by page instead of line by line per page. Review Source KS Kelly S. Intern Process Chemicals Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Pairaphrase for daily use" January 13, 2021 5.0 Pros I use pairaphrase daily at work and it's very easy to use and 99 % the times returns the best translation. Cons To much ask for feedback (everytime we do a translation) Review Source NW Nathan W. Research assistant Higher Education Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "A little confusing at first" April 7, 2020 4.0 Pros The software does having a learning curve and feels like it is going to be missing some function but after the learning how to use it become much better and has all the functions needed Cons Is a bit slow to run the app could use a bit of optimise there. The app has slight learning curve which could be removed with simplicity Review Source MB Marissa B. Project Manager Chemicals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Translation Software" April 7, 2020 5.0 Pairaphrase is easy to use and provides great value for businesses with global team members. Pros Pairaphrase works so much better than free options (like Google Translate). The free software will usually just transfer everything literally, but Pairaphrase is a little better about translating in a way that's much more easily understood. You can also change specific words or phrases throughout the document you're translating. Cons It works well with word documents but sometimes the formatting on PowerPoint will change after the translation. Review Source HM Hélène M. HSE Coordinator Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The best until now" April 17, 2020 5.0 Excellent and very satisfactory to translate French-English. As for the cost value, I put 5 stars but I have no idea of what it cost to my company. Pros User friendly and the communications you send us are not too much and very pertinent in helping using the program to the best. I am learning gradually without spending too much time on trials! Keeping up a library on our own excel program, which I still have to save in pairaphrase and test its efficiency. Seems a great plus value! Cons A reference file to be able to click on in order to learn about features that we may not know. I was registered by my employer, no information given - no training. So, self-learning if easy but I am sure I would learn about other features I might not even know you have. Review Source SC Steve C. Technical Writer Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Using Pairaphrase" January 12, 2021 5.0 My interactions with my translation vendor who uses Pairaphrase are always professional and work is completed on time. Pros I like the index/history of previous jobs and the ability to view the various stages of work submitted. Cons I have no complaints about this software. Review Source JF Jack F. Process engineer Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use, quick service" April 13, 2020 5.0 Very satisfied with the service Pros The ability to get a quote fast and quick receipt of the translated document. Cons A little pricey in some cases but it saves a lot of time. You get what you pay for though. Quality of translation is very good. Review Source GG Gillian G. Consultant Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Project in French" January 19, 2021 3.0 This was a short project and I abandoned pairaphrase quickly because I couldn't rely on it for our complex files. This may work for others but I'd advise to troubleshoot your excel translate function. Especially since MS hasn't figured it out either, or at least not to in a way that is obvious to me (not a very savvy translation user.....) Pros Easy enough translation of word docs. But honestly you can do that in the MS Word program quicker. Cons We had complex excel files that were said to be 75% translated and simply were not. I ended up again using a not very sophisticated process using in program translator in MS Word and Excel. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Marketing Specialist Chemicals Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great tool" January 8, 2021 4.0 We are a multilingual organization and some of our technical or sales rep prefer to enter information in their native language Pros It is great to be able to use a "secure" tool vs the translators available online, especially for some of the more technical languages which as an accurate translation. Cons Some of the translations aren't 100% accurate but the context is accurate. Review Source MB Matthew B. VP of Field Ministries Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "trial user" January 13, 2021 5.0 Pros I liked the use of color to differentiate machine-generated from human-supplied words. I liked the side-by-side views of original and translated languages. I liked that the software-generated translation was ahead of what google translate can do. Cons I thought the cost was high. It was difficult to get into the free trial and it didn't last very long. Review Source SL Sofia L. Translator Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Needed an extra hand" January 19, 2021 5.0 My experience with Pairaphrase has been great. I needed an extra hand when my workload got to overwhelming. Pairaphrase was a huge help to get things done in a great time frame. Pros What I like most of this software is how fast i can get my documents translated. Cons So far I have not had any bad experiences with the program. Review Source TM Tom M. General Manager Automotive Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "It works, but for Japanese, it is not very accurate" January 8, 2021 3.0 It is okay. I deal with lots of very technical regulatory documents and Japanese is a difficult language for any software translation Pros Interface is pretty easy to use, however, I get the same results using Microsoft translator that is built into Office. It is helpful with PDF docs but accuracy for Japanese translation is an issue. You can get the idea if going from Japanese to English but from English to Japanese, i find it is not accurate enough. Cons Having to cut and paste into the software to translate emails from Japan when I can just click on a button in Outlook and it translate automatically with the same results Review Source LO Luanne O. Executive Assistant Management Consulting Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Helpful" January 13, 2021 5.0 Pros The accuracy of the end product. When I am on a time crunch to get a report back to the executives in the company, it is critical that I get it done and get it done well. Pairaphrase helps with that! Cons Getting through using it for the first time. Review Source LA Loluta A. Graphic Designer Arts and Crafts Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Easy" April 16, 2020 5.0 Pros How your job can become so easy only with a few clicks. Cons In my process of work I found nothing that could be hard to do or hard to learn, is easy to use and very helpful. Review Source jO john O. strategyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### " very good tool" January 11, 2021 4.0 Pros the versatility, new options different to another tools, very friendly to user Cons I could recommend more benefits and suggestions to user based on the daily use Review Source SN Suresh N. Business Development Manager Oil & Energy Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Praise of Pairaphrase" April 13, 2020 5.0 Pros It is a well built and robust software which is stable with ample features that gets your work done Cons Cost to integrate into our existing core softwares Review Source KH Katerina H. Academic tutor Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Same as google translate " April 20, 2020 2.0 Pros It is easy to use, has copy & paste features. Cons It does not translate correctly, I used it for English to Spanish & it translated word for word, not correctly. Review Source NK Neel K. Sales Commercial Real Estate Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Awesome product" April 7, 2020 5.0 Pros Its very easy to use and doesn't take too long to learn. Format is well laid out and not too busy for the eyes. Cons I can't really think of too much improvement you could make on the software, however as I do. Please let me know where I can submit feedback. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Translation Management](https://www.capterra.com/translation-management-software/)