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Translate in Microsoft Edge
Same here, release note say "The built-in translator has now rolled out to everyone.", but Edge Dev doesn't offer translations on any language I tried. Only languages I have defined in the browser is en-us (primary) and fi-fi, and tried sites in Swedish, Spanish, French, Norwegian, but nothing. Using Dev 76.0.167.1.
EDIT: After restarting the computer, Edge Dev again prompted it had updated to .1, and now Translation is working correctly, so try restarting your browser, and if it has no effect, restart also computer.
I think the "when to translate" prompt is too restrictive: while I added Malay, I still want the first appearance of a Malay page to trigger "Should we translate? always or just once right now?"
I could not get the "automatic detection" to trigger until I checked this option:
My suggestion:
Even if we have added secondary languages to Microsoft Edge, on the first load of a page in that secondary language, the pop-up prompt should appear with three options: 1) translate once, 2) always translate or 3) never translate. Going through menus to turn on automatic detection seems....a bit counterintuitive to me.
I added Malay for spell-checking only--I still would like automatic translation. Just my two cents.
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The translation quality for Malay to English is pretty solid, to my sincere surprise. Props to whoever at Microsoft worked on that!
Malay: Hari ini Malaysia merangkumi tiga bahagian – Semenanjung Malaysia, Sabah dan Sarawak, walaupun ia tidak bermula sebegitu pada permulaannya.
✅ Microsoft Translation: Today Malaysia comprises three divisions – Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak, although it didn't start that way initially.
❌ Google Translation: Today Malaysia comprises three parts - Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak, although it does not start at the beginning.
Google translates "sebegitu" 100% incorrectly: the Google Translated English ends up kind of nonsensical! The Microsoft translation is far more readable: I honestly thought it pulled the human-translated English version of this document and didn't actually translate the original Malay, but it did.
- marioporfirioMay 25, 2019Copper Contributor
ikjadoon that option appear to me, the translation not trigger at all.
- amitkunMay 25, 2019Former Employee
Hey ikjadoon - thank you for self hosting and taking the time to share feedback.
I will pass on your suggestion about trigger logic. I will also encourage you to use the smiley in the top right as way to pass on your feedback.
Am super happy that you find the quality of translation to be good!