Using the New Mini Translator in Office 2010

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The Professor

A Lesson by The Professor

Using the New Mini Translator  in Office 2010

Hello,

Allow me to introduce myself. I have traveled far and taught at many universities. I have seen how people everywhere around the world use computers to reach their full potential and connect with others. And now, I have joined with the Office Global Experience team because people need to understand how much Office has to offer to our global customers. Starting today, I will conduct classes periodically through this blog. I'll even have quizzes and homework if you really want to shine. If you come to my class – be ready to learn! So, let us begin…

Our lesson today is about using an exciting new feature in Office 2010 called the Mini Translator!

The Mini Translator provides on-the-fly translation as you select a word or phrase and provides dictionary definitions of individual words. With the Microsoft Office 2010 Mini Translator, you can point to a word or selected phrase with your mouse, and the translation will display in a small window. The Mini Translator also includes a Play button so you can hear an audio pronunciation of the word or phrase using a text-to-speech engine. A Copy button is also available so that you can paste the translation into another document. You can use the Mini Translator in Word, Outlook, OneNote and PowerPoint.

The great thing about Mini Translator and Office applications is that it works the same way in all of the applications. So if our lesson today takes you through the Word application, you can rest assured that you've learned the basic information you need to use the same feature in OneNote, Outlook and PowerPoint! One lesson, four applications – what a return on investment!

So, now that you know what Mini Translator does, it's time to learn about how to do it!

1. Start your Word 2010 application and either open a document or type some text.

If you want to have Word give you three quick paragraphs of text - at the beginning of the Word document - type: =rand() and press the Enter key. If you want to control the number of paragraphs you'd like, type it between the parenthesesi.e.: =rand(5) and then press the Enter key.

Go ahead, try it... I'll wait.

2. Now that you have text in your document, let's verify the Mini Translator feature is turned on!

3. Click on the Review tab, and then the Translate Button.

Review Tab / Translate

4. The Mini Translator is turned on and off by clicking Mini Translator.

If the Mini Translator icon is highlighted, it is turned on.

Mini Translator ON

If the Mini Translator icon is not highlighted, it is turned off.

Mini Translator OFF

Note: The translation language will always show in the menu whether the MiniTranslator is on or off.

 

5. When you click on it the first time, it will bring up the Translation Language Options dialog, or you can click on the Choose Your Translation Language option, and click on Mini Translator to see the below dialog:

Translation Language Options

6. Here, you can choose what language you'd like to have your text translated into. Click on the arrow in the Translate To list:

Choose Translation Language

7. Once you select the language you'd like the text translated to – click OK to save the selection and close the dialog.

How can you verify that the Mini Translator is really 'ON'?

How can you tell what language the Mini Translator will translate to without opening the Translation Language Options dialog?

Clue: See step 4.

8. Now that you have Mini Translator turned on – you simply select the text you want to translate and hover over it:

Hover and Mini Translator Appears

9. You might be wondering what else you can do with the Mini Translator – good question!

If you want more information, you can open the Research pane from the Mini Translator, by clicking Expand.

Research

If you want to copy the contents of the Mini Translator window to the Clipboard - in the Mini Translator, click Copy. You can now paste the translation as you wish.

Copy

If you want to hear the text, in the Mini Translator, click Play. (You must have speakers and the text to speech engine for that language.)

Play

10. Hovering over a single word will allow the Mini Translator to show the Bilingual Dictionary:

BiLingual Dictionary

Ok class that is the lesson for today for the basic usage of Mini Translator!
  • Turn on and off Mini Translator in each of the following applications:
    • Word (should be easy, you've already done it here!)
    • PowerPoint and OneNote (should be easy, just like Word)
    • Outlook - you will need to open the email to see the Message tab which is where you will find the Translate button.
  • Change the 'Translate To' in the Translation Language Options dialog:
    • Try different languages
    • Try the Encarta Dictionary
  • Explore the other options of the Translate feature. (Available off of the Review menu).

 

Future lessons will explore the other options of the Translate feature and will drill down into more specifics about the capabilities of Mini Translator.

If you have questions, I'm always available – just leave a note below and I will respond as soon as I can!

Happy Translating!

The Professor

PS. I would like to offer recognition to Sandy Rivas for her significant contribution on this article. Sandy is a Software Development Engineer in Test at Microsoft with the Office Global Experience Platform team based out of Redmond, Washington, USA. Sandy and her team are responsible for designing, developing and testing the Mini Translator feature as well as bringing you these blogs - they are busy folks!

The example companies, organizations, products, domain names, email addresses, logos, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hi Markus,  Yes, it is possible to customize the service. Please see this blog for more information: http://blogs.technet.com/office_global_experience/archive/2009/12/10/creating-a-custom-service-for-office-2010-mini-translator.aspx. The Professor

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hello Jorge, Thanks for your comments. Regarding your question, Text-to-speech engines are included as part of the operating system or can be obtained from 3rd party providers. Office doesn’t include additional text-to-speech engines and Mini-Translator relies on those already installed on the computer. You can configure your preferred Speech Properties (including default voice) using Windows’ Control Panel. For more information regarding Microsoft’s speech technologies, please visit MSDN or Microsoft.com. The Professor

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hello Stefano, Thank you for your feedback. As you can imagine, automated language translation is extremely difficult, as the meaning of words and phrases often depends on the context and specialized knowledge of the domain area or culture. As you’ve noted, sentence structures and grammatical rules vary significantly between two languages, which adds to the complexity of the translation and may produce text that is not completely accurate.  The research team is continuously working on improvements and the quality of translation for some language is already improving; however, as with any emerging technology, we still have work to do. You can find more information about Microsoft Translator at http://blogs.msdn.com/translation/. The Professor

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Thanks very much, Karmen, for this interesting and thoughtful feedback.  We hadn't considered this particular scenario before, and will certainly remember your suggestion when deciding which improvements we'll be making to the mini translator.  Your effort in submitting this feedback is greatly appreciated!

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hi Kazim, unfortunately this can't be accomplished through the Mini Translator right now because it depends on http://translator.bing.com to do the translations, and Bing Translator doesn't currently support translation to Urdu.  You can probably find their language release schedule MicrosoftTranslator.com - if you can't, then try asking about Urdu on their forums.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hi Irene, if your book happens to be a word document, then one option is to use Word 2010's "translate document" feature.  You'll find it in the ribbon.  Otherwise, one of these tools might be more helpful: www.microsofttranslator.com/Tools

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    TO download translation languages program needs the microsoft excel cd or disk program.

  • Anonymous
    August 02, 2009
    That's a pretty interesting feature. I hope that the Mini Translator doesn't use Microsoft Anna in Windows Vista to spell a text in Spanish or French. Will Microsoft include a speech engine for these languages? How will it be in Windows XP, in Vista or in Windows 7? Best regards, Jorge

  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2009
    Great feature; one thing I noted translating from English to Italian is that the app retains the English structure of the phrase: specifically in English the adjective always preceed the related word while in Italian is the opposite; for example: American Express would greatly appreciate your feedback is translated as: American Express notevolmente apprezzerebbe le vostre risposte while in Italian should be: American Express apprezzerebbe notevolmente le vostre risposte I would not consider this a very serious issue although if the fix could be easily implemented the translation will be very much enhanced.

  • Anonymous
    October 17, 2010
    I love the mini translator, but it would be great to be able to use the mini translator in reading mode/slide show mode in power point.  As a student, I find reading powerpoint notes is best in reading mode, because you can't accidentally change the content without going into full screen, but it's certainly a hassle to exit reading mode, scroll to the slide you want to look up a word for (when switching views, the normal view doesn't go to the slide you were reading but the original slide before you switch to reading mode), just thought it would be great to be able to use mini translator in reading mode in general (for Word, OneNote [which I think should have a web page view like word], etc)

  • Anonymous
    August 12, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    October 27, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    October 29, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    October 31, 2011
    هذا ما كنت ابحث عنه ليس اليوم فقط ولكن من مدة لا تقل عن 10 سنوات اشكركم مجهود مشكور واتمنى لكم المزيد من الرقى

  • Anonymous
    November 07, 2011
    hello , i'd like to translate a book from romanian to english.....what do you recomand me? thank you !

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    November 09, 2011
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    November 11, 2011
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    November 17, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2011
    wow! That is really interesting. But it can develop a lot.

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2011
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    November 26, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    November 30, 2011
    no entiendo el ingles de todas formas parece prometer mucho. gracias.

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    December 04, 2011
    megustaria aprender barios hidiomas seciente fenomenal ablar barias lenguas

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2011
    Pedro Alejandro, ojalá estudie idiomas lo único es que lenguas termina en Z y no en S de sapato.

  • Anonymous
    December 08, 2011
    esta muy bueno gracias !la verdad que seria lindo aprender 3 idiomas los mas básicos

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    December 16, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    December 17, 2011
    Gostaria de saberse tem algum tradutor online para celular smartfone, me parece qie ia ser lançado um tradução simultanea para o android.Qual a opção que tenho para traduzir no celular? Obrigada.

  • Anonymous
    December 24, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    January 14, 2012
    Can I download external languages from the internet?

  • Anonymous
    January 14, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    January 18, 2012
    millions speak and write urdu why not to add urdu to mini translator

  • Anonymous
    January 18, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    February 04, 2012
    I need a complete page translations, we will copy by word format and paste the translation page then i could have to get immidiate translation.

  • Anonymous
    February 17, 2012
    اتمنى ان يطور هذا البرنامج  بحيث تكون  ترجمتة للكلمات والمعانى مطابقة للمعنى الصحيح بحيث يستفيد منة الجميع فى كل المجالات ولكافة البشر واتمنى لكم المزيد من الرقى والتقدم العلمى...

  • Anonymous
    March 04, 2012
    Bueno

  • Anonymous
    March 05, 2012
    nose como agarar el aroba quien sabe

  • Anonymous
    March 07, 2012
    I think this is very excellent dictionary for Thai people.

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    April 17, 2012
    The comment has been removed

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    April 20, 2012
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    April 22, 2012
    شكرا جزيلا لكم منذ فترة بعيدة وانا ابحث عن هذه الميزة اللة يوفقكم

  • Anonymous
    April 23, 2012
    شكرآ على هذا ألبرنامج ولكن لماذا لا توجد ترجمة أللغة ألكردية إلى ألعربية

  • Anonymous
    April 26, 2012
    leider ich habe nicht verstaden wie kann ich blokieren spamm, wenn ich bekomme e-mail das habe ich viel texte mit ziffern und engliche sprache- hat das zu tun mit spamm?

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    May 10, 2012
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    May 13, 2012
    Ontem mandei um documento para traduzir do portugues para o ingles e perdi o documento tem como reave-lo?

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    May 22, 2012
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    June 02, 2012
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    June 06, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    June 08, 2012
    хочу луше узнать австралийский английский  и  начать изучать китайский

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    June 16, 2012
    puisque vous le vendez vous ne pouvez pas mettre dans ma langue????

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    June 26, 2012
    super

  • Anonymous
    July 08, 2012
    Saya ingin aplikasi ini bisa mentransleit dari bahasa indonesia ke bahasa inggris...   Thank'z

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    July 13, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    July 19, 2012
    bite ich morte dise compiulter funsionire...

  • Anonymous
    July 21, 2012
    die Übersetzung verläuft ohne Schwierigkeiten

  • Anonymous
    July 23, 2012
    Heeft u ook een Nederlandse uitleg? Ik wil graag tekst van Engels naar Nederlands vertalen.

  • Anonymous
    July 24, 2012
    grazie mi piace spero che tutto sia alla mia altezza,buon giorno alla societa..............

  • Anonymous
    July 26, 2012
    hindi ko alam kon ano ang sa2behin ko kya sorry?

  • Anonymous
    July 29, 2012
    Parabéns a todos da equipe. Este é sem dúvida alguma um trabalho muito profissional, muito eficiente e composto por uma especial dedicação no sentido de nos ajudar em nossos trabalhos estudantis e profissionais. Muito obrigado, pois esta será uma obra de excelente e especial utilidade.

  • Anonymous
    August 05, 2012
    solo entiendo español, despues de el nadaque ver,oir y mirar

  • Anonymous
    August 17, 2012
    Ich kämpfe bis zum endsieg gegen alle SCIENTOLOGEN UND SCIENTOLOGIEN

  • Anonymous
    August 18, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    August 19, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    August 19, 2012
    يمكن انته الكلبي دكته ويمكن بدونك اعاني ياحلم بعيوني شفته شفته صاحي ونايم آني راح احبك عمري كله حبك نطي الروحي لجله يلي من عيوني اغله معشت بعدك عسني

  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2012
    gracias por esta ayuda es muy importante para los que estamos aprendiendo mas sobre el idioma deceado asta pronto.

  • Anonymous
    August 25, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2012
    salam man irani hastam emil baz nemishe bayad chikar konam??????

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    September 04, 2012
    Convert Spanish to English autmatic from incoming text

  • Anonymous
    September 08, 2012
    todo el tiempo traducir automatico al idioma ESPAÑOL ya sea  cuaquier texto o comentario   mucho eh de agradecercelos    JORGE LUIS

  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2012
    hi why i can not see the translations

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    September 14, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    September 19, 2012
    hoe kan ik deze translator downloaden?enkan ik deze ook gebruiken om mijn e-mails rechtstreeks te vertalen

  • Anonymous
    September 25, 2012
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    September 30, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    October 03, 2012
    I live in Japan and some times I had problem in language but after I had this translation system I really thanks of founder of this system. Amjad Chaudhry Kyoto City Japan.

  • Anonymous
    October 05, 2012
    hi! Im from morocco and i love to learn languages ​​so resort to translation sites such

  • Anonymous
    October 08, 2012
    كيف ارسل الترجمة ليتم ترجمتها بصورة أدق وصحيحة ؟؟

  • Anonymous
    October 09, 2012
    When I try to insert a translated word in a document, I do not see the heading Microsoft Translator with the Insert button in the Translate menu of the Research task pane.

  • Anonymous
    October 24, 2012
    I live in the USA. Great little thing!:)

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2012
    اتمنى ات تطور ادتكم  لترجمة النصوص القديمه مثل اليونانية والاثنيه  بل حتى السريانيه القديمه لغة سيدنا المسيح عليه السلام  

  • Anonymous
    October 29, 2012
    i need to know how to turn it off it is to annoying to deal with please tell me how to do it!!!!!!!!!???????????????? thanks

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    October 30, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2012
    اشكركم مجهود مشكور واتمنى لكم المزيد من الرقى

  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2012
    http://www.bing.com/translator  is good

  • Anonymous
    November 19, 2012
    Thank you for your proposition, but how I can to receive it without a payment for you, because I am an official beggar of the USA - Sincerely yours - IIK

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2012
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    December 05, 2012
    Dear Microsoft My name is Sou Soy from Cambodia, I'm interested in this web but don't have my language (Khmer). Can you have me to use my Cambodian language? Best Regards Sou Soy

  • Anonymous
    December 13, 2012
    هاى اسمى محمود انا جديد وعايز اتعرف بيكم

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    December 21, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    December 30, 2012
    구글번역보다는 낳은데, 번역이 완벽하지 못해요. 좀 업그레이드 해주세요

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2013
    really its very helpfull and nice for us.so, it will give us opportunity to corect our language

  • Anonymous
    January 04, 2013
    Where is the blank that I need to advicate?

  • Anonymous
    January 08, 2013
    How can I translate the intrduction into an other language like German?

  • Anonymous
    January 11, 2013
    Como soy novato y no me defiendo bien , pongo esto de prueba.

  • Anonymous
    January 14, 2013
    era meglio prima ora non si capisce più nulla

  • Anonymous
    January 15, 2013
    is internet required for translate English to Hindi in ms word 2010

  • Anonymous
    January 16, 2013
    Caro Professore, l'italiano del testo qui sopra é pessimo. Come biglietto da visita per chi presenta un servizio di traduzione non è certo l'ideale. L'utente italiano che legge un testo, così malamente tradotto, cosa può pensare delle qualità del Mini-traduttore? Andrà subito a cercare chi sappia veramente tradurre in italiano. Non vuole essere una critica la mia, ma un suggerimento perchè possiate rivedere il testo e tradurlo in un italiano comprensibile.

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2013
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    February 02, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2013
    ola tudo bem meu nome é leila e o seu

  • Anonymous
    February 27, 2013
    mini translator service is not respond

  • Anonymous
    January 18, 2014
    New Microsoft Office Word Document

  • Anonymous
    January 18, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    November 02, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    November 02, 2014
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