Translation in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

Do you quickly need to translate your slides from English to French or some words from English to Hindi? The best option available to you is to get a professional translator but did you know that PowerPoint includes rudimentary translation skills? This translation is not something that you could use without checking results, but this is still a great start.

Follow these steps to explore translation options in PowerPoint 365 for Windows:

1. Launch PowerPoint, and open an existing presentation or even create a new one. Now, optionally select some text on your slide. Then, access the Review tab of the Ribbon, and click the Translate button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1, below .
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   Figure 1: Translate button within the Review tab of the Ribbon
3. Alternatively, select your text, and right-click to bring up the contextual menu you can see in Figure 2, below. Choose the Translate option, highlighted in red within Figure 2.
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   Figure 2: Right-click to access the Translate option
2. This action opens the Translator Task Pane as shown in Figure 3, below. The text content selected on the slide shows up in the From area shown highlighted in green within Figure 3. Note that PowerPoint has automatically detected the language of the text, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3.
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   Figure 3: Translator Task Pane
4. PowerPoint has also selected French as the To language, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 3, above. This language is chosen based on the translation languages you used previously. Also, the French translation can be seen in the To area shown highlighted in orange within Figure 3.

Swap From and To Languages

If you have selected the wrong languages and want to swap the From and To languages, you can click on the Swap Languages button, highlighted in purple within Figure 3.
3. Hover your cursor over any of the words in the original text within the From area, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4, below, and you can see the exact translation of that word in the To area, as shown highighted in blue within Figure 4. You also see more translation options for the same word contextually in the area below, highlighted in purple within Figure 4.
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   Figure 4: Translation options
4. To replace the existing text in the slide with text from the translated language, click the Insert button, highlighted in green within Figure 4, above.
5. Save your presentation often.