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.
Note: Automatic translation settings are based on the language. You can choose to translate some languages while not translating others. We won’t offer to translate any language you’ve added to the Never translate list.
Change your translation settings
To access your translation settings:
Go to Settings and more > Settings > Appearance and accessibility > Translation
Alternatively, on a message, hover and select More options > Translation > Settings > 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:
Ask me before translating
See translation suggestions and decide if you want to translate individual messages.
Auto-translate all messages
Messages received in other languages are automatically translated.
Never translate
This option disables translation suggestions.
Select Never translate messages in these languages to exclude certain languages from translation suggestions and automatic translation.
Note: Translation suggestions and automatic translation features are only available for messages in Chat.
Give feedback on translations
Improve translation results by sharing feedback. To give feedback, click Translation options > Give feedback .
Note: If you don't see the translate option in Teams, contact your IT admin to make sure that it's turned on.
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
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.
Note: You can tap on the button to provide feedback about language detection.
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
Tap and hold a translated message and tap Translation options .
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.
Notes:
We won't offer to translate any languages you've added to the Never translate list, but you can still translate any message. Simply tap and hold the message, and then select Translate.
Chat and channel message translation in Teams for both Apple iOS and Android OS mobile devices is now available with the latest release.
If you don't see the translate option in Teams, contact your IT admin to make sure that it's turned on.
All translations provided through any Office application is protected under the No-Trace Policy.
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