Microsoft Translator provides translations whenever and wherever you need them. Translator is available in a number of apps for smartwatches, phones, tablets, and PCs. It is also integrated into a number of products such as Microsoft Office and Skype Translator.
To make translation even more convenient, the Cortana team has launched native translation support to Windows 10 in its US and Chinese editions.*
Cortana, with the help of Microsoft Translator, places powerful translation technology at your fingertips by instantly translating words, phrases, and sentences from English or Chinese (depending on your edition) to almost 40 languages.
There are a couple different ways to use Cortana's translation capabilities. First, you can simply say "Hey Cortana," followed by the word or phrase you want translated, for instance:
"Hey Cortana, translate where is the nearest taxi stand in French?"
"Hey Cortana, how to say where is the closest grocery store in Spanish?"
You can, of course, also just type directly your request in the taskbar, for example, "Translate what is the nearest 5 star hotel to German"... although this admittedly takes some of the speech (and fun) out of using the personal digital assistant.
To edit the translation, hear it with text-to-speech, or share it with a friend just click on "Open Translator" to navigate to the Microsoft Translator landing page on Bing.
Want to know if Cortana can translate in the language you need? Here is a list of all of the languages you can translate to:
| Bulgarian Catalan Chinese (Simplified) Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Farsi Finnish French German Greek | Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Klingon (pIqaD) Korean Latvian Malay Maltese Polish Portuguese | Romanian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh |
Sometimes, if Cortana misunderstands you or does not have the Translation, the assistant opens up a web page after performing a web search for it.
Hopefully next time you want to know the translation of a word or phrase in a specific language, Cortana will lend you a hand. All you have to do is ask!
Do you need translation of signs and menus, or do you need translation support when you are not connected to the web? Try out the Microsoft Translator apps for Windows Phone and Windows PC that lets you more finely tune your translation, and include camera translation, offline translation, and more!
For more Windows 10 resources, don't forget to check out the Windows 10 help, tips, and tricks page. Or if you have any questions, you can always post to Windows 10 Forums at Windows Central for more help.
Apps Powered by Microsoft Translator:
*Cortana is also available in Windows Phone 8.1 in China. More versions of Windows 10 to be supported in the near future.