Translate a message in Microsoft Teams

When you receive a message in another language, you have the option to translate it into your preferred language. You can also choose to have incoming messages automatically translated. A translated message will have an icon above it to let you know it's been translated.

Translate a message

To translate a message, select Translate above the message.

Disable translation suggestions by selecting Never translate (language) above the message.

If you don’t see the “Translate” suggestion, you can still request translation. Translate any message to your default language by hovering above the message and selecting More options > Translation >Translate

Automatically translate messages

If desired, Teams can automatically translate received messages. To turn on automatic translations:

• Hover over a message that was originally in another language and select More options .

• Select Translation , then select Turn on auto-translation.

To turn off automatic translations:

• Select Translation options above the message

• Select Settings , then go to Translation to change your translation settings.

Change your translation settings

To access your translation settings:

• Go to Settings and more > Settings > General > Translation

To update your settings:  

• Select Translate messages into this language to choose the language you want messages to be translated into.

• Choose How to handle messages in other languages:

• Select Never translate messages in these languages to exclude certain languages from translation suggestions and automatic translation.

Give feedback on translations

Improve translation results by sharing feedback. To give feedback, click Translation options > Give feedback .  

Supported languages

If you receive a message in another language, you’ll see the option to translate it into the language you’ve set for Teams. 

To enable this option:

• Tap Translate to translate the message.
• Tap Never translate (language) if you don’t want Teams to show the option to translate that language.   
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If you don’t see the option to translate the message, tap and hold message, and then tap Translate . 

Teams will also prompt you to turn on auto-translation to automatically translate messages to your preferred language. You can always change your preferences by selecting your profile picture, then choosing Settings > General >Translation . 

Access translation options

1. Tap and hold a translated message and tap Translation options .
   
2. You’ll see three options:

• Tap See original (language) to change the message back to the original language.
• Tap Translation feedback to provide feedback about the quality of the translation.
• Tap Translation settings to access your translation settings. 

Change your translation settings

Tap your profile picture in Teams.  

Tap Settings . Under General, select Translation . From there, you can customize your translation settings. 

Supported languages