A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a prescribed function can be performed using a more intuitive gesture and voice input. The present invention includes a display unit, a microphone, a sensing unit configured to detect a gesture, and a controller configured to convert voice data, received based on the microphone, to a text in a first language, detect, using the sensing unit, a first gesture, and in response to detecting the first gesture, translate the text in the first language to text in a second language.