Translate text in a different language

You can translate text written in a different language, such as phrases or parag
raphs, individual words (by using the Mini Translator), or translate your whole
file with Microsoft Office 2010. To translate text from certain languages into o
ther languages, you might also have to satisfy the operating system requirements
for specific languages.
Note
The Translate command is only available in the following Microsoft Offi
ce programs: Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio, and Word.
You can also create a document in one language, and then use a machine translati
on service to translate it to a different language. For more information, see Tr
anslate a whole file. You can also add the Microsoft Translation machine transla
tion service and have more translation service options.
What do you want to do?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Translate a whole file
Translate selected text
See translations with the Mini Translator
Add translation language services
More information
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You can have a whole file translated by a computer and displayed in an Internet
browser. When you choose this kind of translation, the content in your file is s
ent over the Internet to a service provider.
Note
Machine translation is helpful for conveying the basic subject matter o
f the content and for confirming whether the content is relevant to you. For imp
ortant or sensitive files, human translation is recommended, because machine tra
nslation might not preserve the full meaning and tone of the text.
In the file that you want translated, on the Review tab, in the Language
click Translate.
In the Translation Language Options dialog box, click Translate Document
slate Item in Outlook, and then click the From and To languages that you
In the Translate Whole Document dialog box, click Send.
A browser instance opens with the text translated into the language that
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To see a side-by-side translation comparison of a whole file, use the Microsoft

Translation machine translation service to translate your text. For more informa
tion, see Add translation language services.
Note
If this is the first time you have used translation services, click OK
to install the bilingual dictionaries and enable the translation service through
the Research pane.
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Translate selected text

You can translate a phrase, sentence, or paragraph into several selected languag
e pairs in the following Microsoft Office programs: Excel, OneNote, Outlook, Pow
erPoint, Publisher, Visio, and Word. The translations are shown in the Research
pane unless you use the Mini Translator.
In the Research pane, in the All Reference Books list, click Translation.
Do one of the following:
To translate a specific word, press ALT, and then click a word. The results appe
ar in the Research pane under Translation. If you have the Mini Translator turne
d on, you can also point to the word that you want translated and the Mini Trans
lator displays the translation. For more information about the Mini Translator,
see See translations with the Mini Translator.
To translate a short phrase, select the words, press ALT, and then click the sel
ection. The results appear in the Research pane under Translation.
To translate a word or phrase, type the word or phrase in the Search for box, an
d then click Start Searching .
Notes
If this is the first time you have used translation services, click OK to instal
l the bilingual dictionaries and enable the translation service through the Rese
arch pane.
To change the languages that are used for translation, in the Research pane, und
er Translation, select the languages that you want to translate from and to. For
example, to translate English to French, click English (U.S.) in the From list
and French (France) in the To list.
To customize which resources are used for translation, click Translation options
, and then select the options that you want.