Translate Worksheet in Excel

In a company, different teams working on the same projects collaborate worldwide to share their knowledge and standard datasets. Sometimes, global teams face challenges in understanding and analyzing Excel spreadsheets written in a different language.

With Excel's Translation feature, you can easily translate the selected range of cells into your preferred language, making it easier to work with large worksheets downloaded from the web and shared by colleagues. An Internet connection is required to enable the Excel translation feature, as Microsoft translators are employed to translate phrases and independent paragraphs written in worksheets. The keyword shortcut to use Excel Translation is alt+shift+f7.

Feature of Excel Translation

Various ways to use the Excel Translation feature −

• Use the built-in Translator option in the "Language" group under the "Review" tab.
• Various add-ins can be used, such as Microsoft Function Translator(to convert the functions and formulas into preferred languages) and Text Translator for Excel.

How to use Translation in Microsoft Excel?

Consider the sample dataset, which is written in the Marathi language.

Can a non-native Marathi data analyst interpret this dataset?

So, the answer is No.

Step 1 − First, select the cell range "B2:B10", then go to the "Review" tab and select the "Translate" option under the "Language" group.

Step 2 − The other pane, "Translate," will open on the right side of the worksheet. The first section informs you that the language (Tamil) is detected in the selected range. You can scroll down and, in the next section, select the "English" language from the drop-down menu. The different names are listed in the preferred English language.

Japanese to English Excel Translation

Henry downloads the worksheet from the internet containing the random words written in Japanese.

He selects the cell range C3:C6, clicks on the "Review" tab, and selects the "Translate" option found in the Language group under the Review tab. Furthermore, in the Translator pane, he chooses the "English" language in the To section. The translated list of words is displayed in English language.

Hence, Japanese to English Excel translation has been done through the Translator feature.