So, in Outlook 2010, I was intrigued to see the Translate feature off the Review tools. This isn't a bad tool, and so far most of the messages I have sent have been understood (not sure they are correct, but she has understood the meaning).
The translation isn't native to Outlook, but exports the word or text to an external Microsoft site to translate. It has the ubiquitous pop-up saying you are transmitting data to an external site, so I wouldn't do it for anything confidential, but the site is pretty quick and as said, fairly accurate.
This is really helpful when receiving a message in another language, because the tool will translate it so you can read the message. The issue is when you are trying to write something and use the translation tool to convert it to the receivers language, when you copy the converted text, it highlights it in this baby-puke yellow and you can't format it out in Outlook. The reason it is highlighted is the translation tool displays a pop-up showing you the original text, so I understand why it is there, I just wish you could format it out.
Overall, it is a pretty neat feature and a nice addition. Now if it could translate texting from my pre-teen, I would be jamming.
The translation isn't native to Outlook, but exports the word or text to an external Microsoft site to translate. It has the ubiquitous pop-up saying you are transmitting data to an external site, so I wouldn't do it for anything confidential, but the site is pretty quick and as said, fairly accurate.
This is really helpful when receiving a message in another language, because the tool will translate it so you can read the message. The issue is when you are trying to write something and use the translation tool to convert it to the receivers language, when you copy the converted text, it highlights it in this baby-puke yellow and you can't format it out in Outlook. The reason it is highlighted is the translation tool displays a pop-up showing you the original text, so I understand why it is there, I just wish you could format it out.
Overall, it is a pretty neat feature and a nice addition. Now if it could translate texting from my pre-teen, I would be jamming.
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