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Google Translate & Other Quick Translation Techniques

How To...

Things you can do with Google Translate:

  1. Quick translation:
    • Type or cut and paste up to 5,000 characters
    • Utilize virtual keyboard
    • Translate by voice
    • Listen to original or translation
    • Copy translation
  2. Upload and translate a document of up to 10 MG and in the following formats .docx, .pdf, .pptx, or .xlsx
  3. Translate websites via URL

Quick Translations: Text

Google translate web page set to Text tab Korean to English: Welcome Auburn University

Google Translate opens to the Text tab.

  1. In your browser, go to Google Translate.
  2. Choose the languages to translate to and from.
    • To automatically set the original language of a document, click Detect language.
  3. Cut and paste text, or using your own keyboard or the virtual keyboard, located in the lower right corner of the Detect Language box, type your own text
  4. Copy the translation and paste it into your own document.

Quick Translations: Documents

Screenshot of the Documents tab for Google Translate set to Korean to English

 

  1. In your browser, go to Google Translate.
  2. At the top, click Documents.
  3. Choose the languages to translate to and from.
    • To automatically set the original language of a document, click Detect language.
  4. Click Browse your computer.
  5. Select the file you want to translate.
  6. Click Translate and wait for the document to finish translating.
  7. Click Download translation to download your translated document.

Quick Translations: Websites

 

Important: This feature isn't supported in all regions.

  1. In your browser, go to Google Translate.
  2. At the top, click Websites.
  3. We recommend setting the original language to “Detect language.”
  4. In the “Website,” enter a URL.
  5. Click Go Translate.