In Microsoft Teams Free, you can translate messages in a variety of languages.  You can translate individual messages in communities, chats, and group chats on desktop and mobile.  

Translate an individual message in communities, chats, and groups

If you receive a message in another language: ​​​​​​​

  • On mobile: tap and hold the message, then tap Translate Teams translate message icon.

Note: Translating all messages only applies to chats and groups in Microsoft Teams Free on mobile. You can only translate individual messages in Communities.

  • On desktop: right-click the message, then select Translate Teams translate message icon.

To return a translated message to the original language, tap and hold or right-click the message, then select See original message (language) or See original message.

Translate all messages into a specific language

​​​​​​​By default, messages will be translated into the UI language. If you change the default language in your settings, the messages you select for translation will be translated into that language. ​​​​​​​To update your default language, go to Settings and More Teams settings and more button> Settings Settings button> General Settings button> Language and regional formats Language and speech menu item icon.

  1. Select your profile picture, then select Settings Settings button.

  2. Select Messaging Teams Chat Tab icon> Translation Teams translate message icon.

  3. You'll have the following options:

    1. ​​​​​​​Translate messages into this language- Choose which language(s) you would like your messages to be translated to.

    2. How to handle messages in other languages, select which option you prefer:

      • Auto-translate all messages - all incoming messages will translate into your preferred language.

      • Ask me before translating - messages in languages that aren't on your Never translate list will have suggestions to translate.

      • Never translate - you won't be prompted to translate a message, but you can still translate individual messages with tap and hold.

    3. ​​​​​​​Never translate - Choose which language(s) you don't want translated. You will be able to choose more languages from Add a new language.

Supported languages

  • Afrikaans

  • Albanian

  • Amharic

  • Arabic

  • Assamese

  • Armenian

  • Azerbaijani (Latin)

  • Bangla

  • Bashkir

  • Basque

  • Bosnian (Latin)

  • Bulgarian

  • Cantonese (Traditional)

  • Catalan

  • Chinese (Literary)

  • Chinese Simplified

  • Chinese Traditional

  • Croatian

  • Czech

  • Danish

  • Dari

  • Divehi

  • Dutch

  • English

  • Estonian

  • Faroese

  • Fijian

  • Filipino

  • Finnish

  • French

  • French (Canada)

  • Galician

  • Georgian

  • Greek

  • Gujarati

  • Haitian Creole

  • Hebrew

  • Hindi

  • Hmong Daw (Latin)

  • Hungarian

  • Icelandic

  • Indonesian

  • Inuinnaqtun

  • Inuktitut

  • Inuktitut (Latin)

  • Irish

  • Italian

  • Japanese

  • Kannada

  • Kazakh

  • Khmer

  • Klingon

  • Klingon (plqaD)

  • Korean

  • Kurdish (Central)

  • Kurdish (Northern)

  • Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)

  • Lao

  • Latvian

  • Lithuanian

  • Macedonian

  • Malagasy

  • Malay (Latin)

  • Malayalam

  • Maltese

  • Maori

  • Marathi

  • Mongolian (Cyrillic)

  • Mongolian (Traditional)

  • Myanmar

  • Nepali

  • Norwegian

  • Odia

  • Pashto

  • Persian

  • Polish

  • Portuguese (Brazil)

  • Portuguese (Portugal)

  • Punjabi

  • Queretaro Otomi

  • Romanian

  • Russian

  • Samoan (Latin)

  • Serbian (Cyrillic)

  • Serbian (Latin)

  • Slovak

  • Slovenian

  • Somali (Arabic)

  • Spanish

  • Swahili (Latin)

  • Swedish

  • Tahitian

  • Tamil

  • Tatar (Latin)

  • Telugu

  • Thai

  • Tibetan

  • Tigrinya

  • Tongan

  • Turkish

  • Turkmen (Latin)

  • Ukrainian

  • Upper Sorbian

  • Urdu

  • Uyghur (Arabic)

  • Uzbek (Latin)

  • Vietnamese

  • Welsh

  • Yucatec Maya

  • Zulu