Translator for Bing help and FAQs

Bing text translation features

Text-to-Speech: Click the “Listen” icon to hear the translation spoken out loud. You can select the drop-down menu to change the voice from male to female, and in some instances, such as French, you can select whether you hear the translation in French (France), or French (Canada).

Share: Click the “Share” icon to share the translation via email, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Copy: Click the “Copy” icon to copy the translation.

Suggest an edit: If you come across a translation that isn’t quite right, click the “Suggest an edit” link. The translated text will highlight, and you can type and enter your correction manually. Don’t forget to click “Submit”.

How to translate text

• Enter the text you want to translate in the box on the left.
• Verify that the language of your content is correct.
• Auto-Detect: If Auto-Detect is selected, Translator attempts to determine the language automatically. In short texts, there is sometimes not enough information to detect the correct language. In that case please choose the source language manually.
• Choose the language you want to translate to on the right.
• The translated text will appear in the box on the right.

How to translate web pages

You can translate web pages into 90 languages and dialects – directly in your browser even if you are not using the Translator add-in on Edge.

• Enter a web page address or copy/paste a URL into the box on the left.
• Verify that the language of your content is correct. If the auto-detected source language is incorrect, change it using the language drop-down.
• Choose the language you want to translate to on the right.
• Click on the translated web page link, which will appear in the box to the right or the translate button
• The translated web page will open in a new window or tab.

How to translate an email

The quickest way to translate the occasional email is to copy and paste the text in https://www.bing.com/translator

If you translate emails on a regular basis, install the Translator for Outlook add-in.

Offensive translation mistake

To report an offensive translation, submit a bug by clicking the Contact the Translator Team link on the Microsoft Translator Apps Feedback and Support page.

What languages are supported by Microsoft Translator?

View our list of languages supported for both speech and text translation.

Why are the FAQs not written in my language?

Our help pages are written in English. However, you can translate the help texts to one of many languages by scrolling to the top of this page and locating the language box below the site navigation.

Click or tap to expand the language menu, and select your desired language.