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Often find yourself on websites with text in a foreign language? If you use Safari, there's no need to go to Google Translate. You can translate web pages between seven languages right in Safari on a Mac.

Starting with Safari 14.0, Apple included a translation feature directly in the browser. As of this writing, the feature is in beta, but fully functional. If your Mac is running the latest version of macOS Mojave, Catalina,  Big Sur , or newer, you can access the translation feature.

The translation functionality works between the following languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese.

By default, you can translate any of the above languages to English. You can also add more languages to the mix (we'll talk more about that below).

To get started, open a web page in one of the supported languages. Safari will automatically recognize that language, and you'll see "Translation Available" in the URL bar, along with a Translation button; click it.

If this is the first time you've used the feature, a pop-up will appear. Click "Enable Translation" to turn on the feature.

In the translation menu, select "Translate to English."

The text on the page will instantly convert to English, as shown in the image below. The Translation button will also turn blue.

To disable the Translation feature and return to the original language, click the Translation button again, and then select "View Original."

As we mentioned above, you can also translate to languages other than English. To do so, click the Translation button, and then select "Preferred Languages."

This opens the "Language & Region" menu in System Preferences. Here, click the plus sign (+) to add a new preferred language. You can add multiple languages here while continuing to use English as the default language across your Mac.

In the pop-up, select the languages you want to add, and then click "Add."

System Preferences will ask if you want to make this your default language. Choose the previous default language if you want it to remain the status quo.

Now that you've added a new preferred language, you'll see the translation button even when you visit web pages that are in English.

The translation process for a preferred language is the same: click the Translation button in the URL bar, and then select "Translate to [the language you selected]."

Again, you can view the original at any time by simply clicking "View Original" in the Translation menu.

If you're traveling to a new country, you can also use the built-in Translate app on your iPhone or iPad to quickly translate speech between multiple languages.

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Ever ended up on a webpage in a different language and wished you could translate it instantly? With the latest versions of Safari for Mac, you can use a native translation feature to convert a webpage from a foreign language to your native tongue. This is fantastic for many obvious reasons, particularly if you want to read international news from an original source rather than a regurgitated spin version from a US outlet.

Safari’s built-in language translation feature is for modern versions of Safari and macOS, so as long as you’re running Safari 14 or newer in macOS Big Sur or newer, you’ll be good to go. If you’re on an earlier version of MacOS, then you may find use in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, which also have native language translation features available, or you could use an iPhone or iPad if they’re running modern system software, as Safari for iOS and iPadOS have the translation capability too.

Want to try out the new translation feature to translate webpages in Safari on the Mac? Then read on!

How to Translate Webpage Language in Safari for Mac

Assuming your Mac is running a modern version of macOS and Safari, here’s how you can translate webpages:

There you go. Now you’ve learned how to take advantage of the new built-in translator in Safari on your Mac.

Current supported languages for translation are English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese.

If you’re unable to find the native translator in Safari and you’re running Safari 14 or later on macOS 11 or later, it’s probably because you’re living in an unsupported region or trying to use an unsupported language. This new feature is currently limited to users living in the United States, UK, and Canada, but will expand as time goes on. If you’re too impatient to wait, you can change your Mac’s region to either of these countries and then access the translator.

Do you use an iPhone or iPad as your primary mobile device? If you’ve updated your device to iOS 14/iPadOS 14 or later, you will be pleased to know that you can translate webpages in Safari for iPhone and iPad in a similar manner as detailed here .

We hope you were able to access Safari’s built-in translator and convert foreign webpages to English without any issues. What are your overall thoughts on this addition to Safari? Let us know your experiences, thoughts, and tips in the comments!

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I live in the Netherlands. Using iMac 10.15.7, Safari 14.0.3. I did not get the translate icon. In iMac preferences, in Language and Region I changed Country to US and in UK, after restart neither produced a translate icon. I tried iPhone 11, iOS 14.4.2, tried Safari using same website, No translation icon….

What is wrong?

Translate is available for English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese. The Mac must be running macOS 11 or newer to have this capability.

On the iPhone and iPad, the translate feature is tucked behind the webpage options accessible in the URL bar.

For Mac users running prior versions of MacOS, Chrome offers a similar webpage translation feature.

Conversely, I’m using Safari 14.03 on a Mac in France and I have got the translate icon.

I am using Safari 14.0.3 on MacBook Pro 10.14.6 in the UK and I do not get the translate icon showing when using a foreign language site.

I also have an iPad not showing there either.

The translation feature is only available in macOS Big Sur or later for Mac, and iOS 14 / iPadOS 14 or later on iPhone and iPad. There was a typo by the original author which mentioned Safari 14 as the prerequisite rather than macOS 11, that has been fixed.

Hope that helps, sorry about the confusion!

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I’ve been trying this with 14.0.3 on Catalina, but like Jeff, I do not get the translate icon on a foreign website.

I’ve been trying all afternoon with this tip, safari 14 latest Catalina. No translate icon ever appears; it almost feels like it hasn’t been switched on. Any thoughts?

I am running Safari 14.0.3 on a MacMini with MacOS 10.15.7. It does not have the translate icon. I am also running Safari 14.0.3 on a MacBookPro with MacOS 11..2.1. It has the translate icon. When I first tried to post this reply, the osxdaily.com website reported this to be a duplicate reply.

This is in macOS 11 or newer only, it’s a Big Sur feature not a Safari 14 feature

I am using Safari 14.03 on a Mac running 10.15.7 in the US and I do not get the translate icon when I go to a foreign language site. Could this be a OS 11 only feature?

I have 2 macintosh computers. The first is a MacMini running 10.15.7 with Safari 14.0.3 and it does not have the translate icon. The second is a MacBookPro running 11.2.1 with Safari 14.0.3. It has the translate icon. Both computers were checked using the http://www.lemonde.fr website.

I have the same problem as Jeff, using the same Safari and latest Catalina. Almost feels like translate isn’t switched on.

Any thoughts?

Same here. Catalina with Safari 14.03. Texas is in the US, though some might disagree.

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Safari 14 which is the default browser with macOS Big Sur comes with quite a few improvements. And one of the brand new features (although in beta) is seamless translation of websites. Read along for how to natively translate websites with Safari on Mac.

If you’re a regular Safari user, you’re probably used to using Google Translate or another website or app to convert text. Now Safari has built-in translation that’s really fast to use on Mac .

Now with Safari 14 and macOS Big Sur, the Translate beta is available for a faster way to understand websites that are written in languages you don’t speak/read. The Translate beta is also available for Safari on iPhone and iPad .

How to translate websites with Safari with macOS Big Sur

• Running Safari 14 on macOS Big Sur, open a website in another language
• When translation is available, look for the Translate icon on the right side of the url/search bar
• Click “Translate to _________” which will be your default language for your Mac
• Click the icon again to revert the webpage to the original language
• There’s also a button (Preferred Languages) to take you System Preferences > Language and Region
• Keep in mind the Translate button won’t appear when it’s unavailable

Here’s how the process looks:

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How to use Translation on Mac OS 11 Big Sur and Safari 14

With Mac OS 11 Big Sur and Safari 14 Apple has introduced a new Translation tool. It allows you to quickly and easily to change the language of a website.

Translation on Mac OS 11 Big Sur and Safari 14

If you’re on a foreign language website that has Translation available:

• Click on the Translation logo in the address bar.
• Click on ‘ Translate to [English]’.  (It will offer whatever is set as your preferred language. For me, that’s English.)

• If you wish to return the website to the original language, go to the same place and click View Original.

You can get these same options by going to View – Translation.  It’s worth noting that when you first do this you will likely be asked to accept some permissions.   

Change/Add Preferred Language

To change or add a preferred language:

• Click on ‘Preferred Languages’.
• Click the ‘+’ sign at the bottom of the Preferred Language box.
• Select whatever language as an additional option.

You will be asked to confirm which language you wish to keep as default. To remove a preferred language, simply reopen the ‘Preferred Languages’ menu, click on the language you want to remove, and press the ‘-‘ option. Again, all these options are available via View – Translation .

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How to translate a web page in Safari on Mac

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Whether you’re learning a new language or frequently visit sites that display in another dialect, you can translate a web page in Safari on Mac. Without a third-party tool, you can take advantage of Safari’s built-in translation feature. Read along to find out how.

How to translate a web page language in Safari on Mac

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• If you visit another web page of the same site in the same tab, that page will be automatically translated as well. Safari will stop translating automatically if the page is not in the same original language or on a different domain.

Safari makes it simple to translate almost any web page in its entirety. 

Maybe it’s not an entire web page you want to translate but a certain part. It might be a sentence or a paragraph. You can do this using Live Text and then take advantage of the additional options you have.

• Select the text you want to translate by dragging your cursor through it to highlight it.

You can decide the availability of languages when you use Safari’s translation feature . Here’s how.

• At the top of the window, you’ll see  Preferred Languages  listing those you have available for translation.

• You’ll see a message asking if you want to change your primary language to the one you want to add. Choose the option you want, and you’ll then see the new language displayed in your Preferred Languages list.

• When you finish, close the System Settings. You should then see your updated languages available when you select the  Translate  icon in Safari.

If you translate a page and believe the translation may be inaccurate, you can let Apple know. This helps Apple improve translations moving forward.

• You’ll see a message pop-up letting you know that Apple will store and use the web page address contents to improve translations. Pick  Report  to send the information to Apple.

Don’t let language barriers stop you!

With the built-in translation feature in Safari on Mac, you don’t have to use a third-party translator or bypass a potentially great web page because it’s in a different language.

Have you used translation in Safari on Mac yet? What are your thoughts on the feature? Let us know!

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How to Use the Built-In Translator in macOS Big Sur’s Safari

With macOS Big Sur, you can translate entire web pages in Safari. When you encounter a compatible page, just click the translation icon (see in the graphic below) in the address field to translate into English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Russian, or Brazilian Portuguese in real-time.

Here’s how to translate web pages in Safari:

• In the Safari app on your Mac, go to the webpage you want to translate.
• Move the pointer over the Translate button in the URL file (it looks like toward balloons with an “A” in one) to see if a translation is available. If the webpage can be translated, the Smart Search field displays Translation Available.
• Click the Translate icon, then choose a language.

Preferred Languages

If you want to translate a page into a language other than English, go to the Apple menu and click System Preferences > Language & Region.

You’ll see the default preferred language on the left side of the window. To change it, click the “+” button at the bottom of the screen.

By the way, if the translate icon doesn’t show up, click the View option in the web browser’s menu bar and click Translate .

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macOS 11 Big Sur Tip: How To Use Safari Translation

• Apple recently released macOS Big Sur
• The new operating system version offers many new and enhanced features
• One of these is Safari's Translation feature

Apple has given the Safari browser excellent translation features in Big Sur. This feature works better than other translators such as Google Translate and makes browsing foreign websites easy. Here’s how to use Safari’s Translation feature.

Those who have a Mac device and want to enjoy the latest and greatest translation feature Apple has to offer should update to the new macOS version, macOS 11 Big Sur . The translation feature is accessible via Safari and works wonders for those who need to read foreign-language websites.

Safari Translation offers better features compared to other translators such as Google Translate. For one, Apple’s version works to translate every foreign word in every website, then replaces the original text shown on screen with the translated version. It won’t require users to copy and paste paragraphs of text to be translated. Also, the font and layout remain the same.

As mentioned, the feature works online, meaning that it needs an internet connection. It doesn’t have an offline mode like the Translate app in iOS 14. It will need to send the webpage to be translated to a server, translate the text there, then display translated text on the user’s screen. The webpage is discarded after translation.

At the time of Big Sur’s launch, the Safari Translation feature was only capable of translating between seven languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Apple might add more languages in the future, but at the moment, users are limited to these.

All that said, here’s how to use the Safari Translation feature:

• First, users should make sure to update their Mac device to macOS Big Sur .
• Second, users should launch Safari , then go to a foreign-language website.
• Third, Safari will notify users if it is able to translate the language used by the website. The words " Translation Available " will be shown instead of the URL. This will be accompanied by a translate icon , shown on the far right side.
• Fourth, users should click on the translate icon if it’s there, then choose Translate to English .

The feature will automatically and quickly translate any foreign word to English and display it on the screen, right where the foreign-language words are located. The feature will retain the font and layout so as to retain the same webpage design elements. The only thing that will change is the language.

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Vous allez aimer la nouvelle fonctionnalite de traduction du systeme de MacOS Monterey. You know that you could copy that first sentence and paste it into Google Translate, and see that it says you'll love the new translation in macOS Monterey.

Or if you're reading on Safari , you can find that out with a tap. We're so used to being able to go online to translate, and we've perhaps already become so used to Safari's brilliant website translation, that we don't get just what this means.

Read that first sentence as it's being written in Pages, or in a Mail message someone sends you. Read it in a PDF version of this article opened in Preview.

Take a screenshot, take a photo of the screen, and macOS Monterey will recognize the text, then if you want, translate it too.

How to translate text in macOS Monterey

• Highlight a word, sentence, or up to a couple of paragraphs
• Right click on the highlighted text
• Choose Translate...

The Mac then displays a pop-up window with your highlighted text in its original language, followed by an English translation.

You can choose to Replace Translation , or Copy Translation . The latter puts the translated text into your clipboard so you can paste it anywhere you like.

The former deletes the originally-highlighted text and inserts the translated version.

There's also a dropdown menu beside both the original and translated languages. These show you what language has been detected, but you can also change either of them to see the result in a new language.

How to set up and use system-wide translation

There is no set up. None at all. You won't find a direct setting in System Preferences — though there are some options in Language & Region — and you won't find a Translation app to launch.

This is what's thrilling about system-wide translation, and it's possibly also why this feature doesn't seem to be getting the attention it deserves. Wherever you are on your Mac, whatever you're doing, if there is text in a language the new translation feature understands, you can translate immediately.

Except there's one obvious issue right away, there's one disappointment, and at present there are exceptions. Seemingly system-wide does not mean system-wide.

Limitations

Translation may be system-wide, but it does need developers to support it. So sometimes there are apps where it won't work.

Then in apps that do, such as Drafts 5, Preview, OmniFocus, OmniOutliner, Duolingo, Mail, and more, there are limits. It's not like Safari's website translation where an entire page gets converted, you instead have to select a few paragraphs.

That's a shame since the entire point of being able to do this translation anywhere, is to be able to do it anywhere.

Language limitations

Translation in macOS Monterey works with what Apple would call a a total of 12 — but you do have to be a little generous to agree. For Apple counts English (US) and English (UK) as separate languages, which is certainly true for spellings.

But Merriam-Webster didn't change the meanings of the words at the same time.

Languages currently supported by macOS Monterey Translation

• English (UK)
• English (US)
• Mandarin (China mainland)
• Portugese (Brazil)

It's not a giant list, but it's an impressive and an extremely useful selection that will, presumably, grow over time.

If the languages you need are in the list, you don't have to think about it, translation will just work. However, even when you have got the language you want, it could pay to dig a little deeper into it.

Managing languages and on-device translation

By default, macOS Monterey translation uses the internet. You text is sent off to servers in Cupertino, or wherever, and the answer comes back from there.

This is actually why you don't have to think about which languages you've got. It'll work if Apple translate supports the language, and it won't if it doesn't.

There's another option, though. You can have your Mac download one or more of the translation languages so that the ability is on your device even without an internet connection.

The advantage to that is obvious, but it means downloading the language, so taking up storage space on your iPhone. It also means that the translation will not be as good.

Apple says that, "offline translations may not be as accurate as online translations." And it also says that, "Siri and Safari will always process translations online."

If the Safari and Siri teams won't accept this offline translation option, you know it's got to be significantly poorer. We just have no way of knowing precisely how, or even whether certain languages are better than others.

Nonetheless, if you want a certain translation language to be available offline, then you have a couple of ways to do it.

How to download languages to translate on-device

• Open System Preferences and choose Language & Region
• Click on Translation Languages toward the bottom of the screen
• Choose a language, or several, by clicking on Download next to their name
• Also tick On-Device Mode
• Click on Done

If you don't tick On-Device Mode , then the Mac will continue to use online translation even though you've got that language right there.

The best use for this is perhaps when you're about to be travelling and need to avoid high data charges. Download the language before you leave, then tick On-Device Mode when you're away.

That's perhaps the thing with system-wide translation — you're only going to need it in certain circumstances. If you are always, always reading documents in French, then you'd be best off learning the language.

Although, yes. the new macOS Monterey system-wide translation does let you cheat in Duolingo.

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Translate for Safari is a wonderful extension, just a click away, ready to use every time you need to translate entire webpages or just paragraphs. It can also translate text you write in email, forms or documents. Navigate the web and translate the entire page in your preferred language (automatically after page load or manually only when you want to) - that's it. You can also select only paragraphs to translate (with voice read included). You will not loose the visual layout (the page will look the same) or functionality (the page will work the same). So every time you need to read a website, buy online, research a report or some instructions in a language you do not understand, just use this extension and everything will be easier. FEATURES • Powered by Google Translate • Translate entire web pages (automatically or manually at your choice) directly from Safari • Translate text you write (email, forms or documents) • Translate without loosing visual layout (the page will look the same) or functionality (the page will work the same) • Translate full PDF documents • Automatically detect the language of your foreign webpage • View original page in one click • Voice read translated paragraphs • Select from more than 140 available languages • Replace the translation directly in the web page by keeping the rich text format (HTML) SUPPORT We read your support emails every day, day by day. Write with confidence any question, feedback or complaint and you will receive an answer in a very short period of time. 140+ SUPPORTED LANGUAGES Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Nyanja (Chichewa), Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Scots Gaelic, Serbian, Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala (Sinhalese), Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino), Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu.

Version 2.9.5

• Added new translation languages

Ratings and Reviews

Doesnt work on some chinese shopping sites.

Doesnt work on Taobao.com. Get an error about security. FYI

Developer Response ,

Dear user, Thank you for your review, I'm taking notes of all of them. The extension supports in-place site translation or selected text translation - but on some websites, the security model does not allow then to be changed/translated. But a vast majority of websites do not have this limitation. You can also send me an email to [email protected] and I will gladly provide you with more details. Regards.

The app is fast-ish (not always) and reliable. BUT and it's a big but...it WILL translate the original text as well if you are trying to see what a word means. For exaple, lets say you translate a paragraph and you're reading it and want to know what the original word was so you highligh and select to see it (that is a feature of the app). It will show the current translated word and the original but ONLY translated so you will see the same word twice (for example, cocinar----cocinar). It will appear exactly like this and this haappens when the app is set to auto. There is no way to undo this.

Works well!

The full page translator website google offers (but makes increasingly hard to find) sometimes doesn't load the images on a page, and it's not ideal to have to find that website every time. I'm a safari user because it's the browser with the lowest impact on my system, and this integrates well.

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The developer, Denk Alexandru , indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Translate Webpages in Safari on iPhone and iPad

On iPhone and iPad , Apple includes a Translate app that can translate several different languages in real-time, and Safari has integrated translation capabilities, too.

At the time of writing, supported languages include English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Ukrainian, Polish, Arabic, Dutch, Indonesian, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

How Translate a Webpage in Safari

Add More Language Options to Safari Webpage Translation

You can translate web content into additional languages if you add them to your preferred languages list. The following steps show you how it's done.

• Launch the Settings app on your ‌iPhone‌ and ‌iPad‌.
• Tap General -> Language & Region .

• Select a language from the list.
• Tap your preferred language to keep the current language that the system is using, thereby confirming this selection as an additional Webpage Translation language option.

After following the above steps, the next time you visit a compatible webpage in another language you'll see your selected languages available as additional translation options.

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How to quickly translate web pages in Safari on iOS and iPadOS

Easily translate web pages in Safari for iPhone and iPad.

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• How to translate web pages in Safari in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16

How to activate the Microsoft Translator extension in Safari

How to translate a web page on iphone with microsoft translator.

If you're running iOS 17 , Safari now comes with a translation feature baked into the browser, making it easier than ever to translate a web page on iPhone and iPad.

Once enabled, text is translated in-line on the webpage that you're viewing. It's a handy tool if you want to read websites that are written in different languages, and it's available right in the address bar in Safari.

With this in mind, here's how you can translate web pages in Safari on iPhone and iPad.

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How to translate a web page on iPhone in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16

In iOS 15 and later, the ability to translate a web page's language to your native language is now a built-in part of Safari. As such, you no longer need a third-party app to translate. Here's how to use built-in language translation in Safari in iOS 14, iOS 15, and later.

• Tap the action button on the left side of the address bar while visiting a site that you need to translate. The button looks like two A's next to each other.
• Tap Translate to [Your Device Language] .

• Tap Enable Translation if prompted.

Your page will then be translated into the primary language that you've set on your device. If you want to revert back to the page's original language, take the following steps.

• Tap the translate button in the Safari address bar. It takes the place of the standard action button on the left side of the address bar.
• Tap View Original .

The page will revert to its original language.

If you're running a version of iOS 13 or earlier on your device, then a third-party app with a translation extension is what you'll want to use. Microsoft's Translator extension is an excellent tool for the task, as it translates the web page in place when activated.

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Microsoft Translator

Microsoft Translator is a great third-party solution for translating web pages, and its translations take place in-line on the web, rather than taking you to another, translated version of the page like some other apps.

Once you've got it downloaded, you can set up the action extension for translation web pages.

• Open Safari on your iPhone or iPad.
• While viewing a web page, tap the share button .
• Scroll to the left on the bottom row of icons.

• Tap the More button.
• Turn the switch next to Microsoft Translator to the green 'on' position.

Now that you have the app installed, you can use it in Safari from the share menu.

• Head to the web page that you want to translate.

• Tap the share button at the bottom of the display.
• Tap the Microsoft Translator button. The extension will then translate the entire page for you.

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Safari User Guide

• Get started
• Go to a website
• Bookmark web pages to revisit
• See your favourite websites
• Use tabs for web pages
• Import bookmarks and passwords
• Pay with Apple Pay
• Autofill credit card info
• View links from friends
• Keep a Reading List
• Hide ads when reading

Translate a web page

• Download items from the web
• Add passes to Wallet
• Save part or all of a web page
• Print or create a PDF of a web page
• Interact with text in a picture
• Change your home page
• Customise a start page
• Create a profile
• Block pop-ups
• Make Safari your default web browser
• Hide your email address
• Manage cookies
• Clear your browsing history
• Browse privately
• Prevent cross-site tracking
• See who tried to track you
• Change Safari settings
• Keyboard and other shortcuts

Translate a web page in Safari on Mac

If a web page can be translated into one of your preferred languages, you can have Safari translate it.

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If a language isn’t available

You may be able to make more languages available in the Translate menu by adding the languages in Language & Region settings. After you add a language to your list of preferred languages, if a translation is available to that language, it appears in the Translate menu in Safari.

To add a language, see Change Language & Region settings .

Note: The availability of translations and the number of languages that can be translated may vary by country or region.

You can also select some text in a web page and translate that. See Translate text .

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Minimum qualifications.

• Bachelor’s degree, training in creative/technical fields, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in developer relations activities or similar is preferred.
• Extraordinary verbal and written communication skills.
• A track record of teaching (informal or formal), presenting, marketing, branding, or other forms of storytelling.
• Ability to rapidly research and learn something new, then translate and convey that information in a form other people easily understand.
• Experience with community engagement and audience building.
• Experience with front-end and back-end web technologies, potentially including: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web APIs, media, accessibility, and third-party frameworks.
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• Experience with web standards participation at W3C, TC39 or other organizations.
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