Translate a message in Microsoft Teams

When you receive a message in another language, you have the option to translate it into your preferred language. You can also choose to have incoming messages automatically translated. A translated message will have an icon above it to let you know it's been translated.

Translate a message

To translate a message, select Translate above the message.

Disable translation suggestions by selecting Never translate (language) above the message.

Choose to translate or never translate messages.

If you don’t see the “Translate” suggestion, you can still request translation. Translate any message to your default language by hovering above the message and selecting More options More options button > Translation Teams translate message icon >Translate

Automatically translate messages

If desired, Teams can automatically translate received messages. To turn on automatic translations:

Hover over a message that was originally in another language and select More options .

Hover over a message to reveal more options.

Select Translation , then select Turn on auto-translation.

Select more options to turn on auto-translations

To turn off automatic translations:

Select Translation options above the message

Select translation options over a translated message to reveal more options.

Select Settings , then go to Translation to change your translation settings.

Note: Automatic translation settings are based on the language. You can choose to translate some languages while not translating others. We won’t offer to translate any language you’ve added to the Never translate list.

Change your translation settings

To access your translation settings:

Go to Settings and more > Settings > Appearance and accessibility > Translation
Alternatively, on a message, hover and select More options > Translation > Settings > Translation

Go to Appearance and accessibility in Teams settings to adjust translation settings.

To update your settings:

Select Translate messages into this language to choose the language you want messages to be translated into.

Choose How to handle messages in other languages:

Ask me before translating

See translation suggestions and decide if you want to translate individual messages.

Auto-translate all messages

Messages received in other languages are automatically translated.

Never translate

This option disables translation suggestions.

Select Never translate messages in these languages to exclude certain languages from translation suggestions and automatic translation.

Note: Translation suggestions and automatic translation features are only available for messages in Chat.

Give feedback on translations

Improve translation results by sharing feedback. To give feedback, click Translation options Teams translate message icon > Give feedback Teams on Windows 11 Chat give feedback button .