How to Translate a Word Document

How to Translate a Word Document

Last updated on April 12, 2020 by Ekaant Puri Leave a Comment

Hello friends, Today I will share a method on how to Translate a Word Document to any Language. Users can translate the selected phrase or whole document. You can translate English to Spanish, German, French and several other languages or vice versa. It is completely free to Translate a text in Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Office is an excellent tool used for personal and professional work. It provides other suite tools such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. Microsoft Word is a word processor that is used to create different documents and it provides a set of functionalities and features to the users for flexibility and customization. This article will focus on how you can translate a word document. We will look into the process to translate a word document in Word 365 or Word 2019 and also in Word 2007 to Word 2016.

Both Microsoft Word 2016 and Microsoft word 2019 provides two different methods to translate a word document. You can either translate the whole document or you can translate a selected phrase. Make sure that you have an active internet connection for the translation to work properly.

How to Translate the Selected Phrase in Word Document in Office 2019

You can select the phrase or any selected line. Users can need to highlight the text and then perform the steps mentioned below. It will translate the selected phrase to any language. It is one of the best methods if we want to translate language of any few words or lines.

  1. Select the phrase or paragraph that you want to translate.
  2. Click on the “Review” menu from the menu bar.
  3. Click on the “Translate” option from the Review menu bar.
  4. Select your Language.
  5. After the translation is done, you can then select the option of “Insert”. This will insert the translated content to your document.

How to Translate a Word Document Completely in Office 2019 – Whole Document

Sometimes we get the complete document in a different language and we want to change the language. Users can just use this option and it will translate each and every word of the document. Use this option only if you want to translate the complete document.

  1. Select the file and navigate to the “Review” menu.
  2. Click on “Translate”.
  3. Select the option of “Translate Document”.
  4. Now, select the language that you want to change your document into.
  5. Finally, click on the “OK” button.

You will be moved to a web translator that will have your complete document translated in the language that you have chosen. The next section will cover how you can translate a word document in the Word 2007 to 2016.

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