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Translating content using the Language Weaver add-in for Microsoft Office

To translate (part of) an Office document, first set your language, and then trigger the translation.

Procedure

  1. Start your Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook or Excel).
  2. Open the document which you want to have translated.
  3. Select the TRANSLATE tab.
  4. Select Add-in Options.
  5. Select Detect Language to have the add-in detect the language of your document.
    The add-in sets the From property to LANGUAGE (Detected), where LANGUAGE is the suspected language of the document.
  6. The detection process is not perfect; it may detect the wrong language (if, for example, the document is very short). If so, open the From dropdown and select the correct language from the dropdown yourself.
  7. From the To dropdown, select the language into which you want to translate.
  8. If a dictionary for your language pair is set up on the server, select that dictionary from the last dropdown.
  9. If you want to translate only a selected piece of text, select that content first.
  10. In Word, PowerPoint or Outlook, select Translate or press CTRL+SHIFT+T.
    The add-in translates the selection (if any) or the entire document.
  11. In Excel, do one of the following:
    • To translate the entire Excel document, select Translate document.
    • To translate the cell you are currently in or the text you selected (if any), select Translate selection or press CTRL+SHIFT+T.
    The add-in translated the selection (if any), the contents of the cell, or the entire document.