Tuesday Tip 36: Translating Chats in Teams
Microsoft Teams
One of the most appealing elements of Microsoft Teams is the ability to EASILY stay in touch with people all over the world. This includes, video chats, screen sharing, audio calls, instant messaging, meetings, file sharing and more.
When COVID-19 hit, Microsoft Teams had a huge surge of users and for good reason. Suddenly millions of users needed to easily stay in touch with their organizations as well as their clients and customers. Teams is the perfect way to do this. Since people dove into Teams head first - many didn't spend much time learning it.
One of the things I heard this week had to do with having a challenge with multi-lingual chats. Not knowing how to easily translate the messages. Luckily - there's a SUPER easy way to translate these messages. Check it out.
How to Translate Chats
- Hover over the message in the chats window and click the ... (More options).
- When you click on the ellipses (...), choose Translate.
- The message will be translated and you will see the icon next to the message indicating it's been translated.
Removing the Translation
If you want to turn off the translation and revert to the original message, use these steps.
- Hover over the message in the chat window and click More options by clicking on the ellipses (...)
- Instead of the Translate option, click on Original Message. (only visible when you've already translated the message).
