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Peter_Geelen
Oct 16, 2022Steel Contributor
Word translator stopped working
Hello all, since a few days, the Translator tool in Word stopped working, when selecting the translate option of a part of text, the Translator window opens in Word, but does not render the langu...
Oct 16, 2022
Peter_Geelen Under File>Options>Trust Center>Trust Center Settings>Privacy Options, do you have a check mark in the box for "Turn on all connected experiences"?
If so, as the Translator loads properly here and functions correctly, I would suggest
performing an On-Line repair of the Office installation as detailed in the Knowledge Base article at:
Peter_Geelen
Oct 20, 2022Steel Contributor
It looks like the DNS malware protection is blocking websites that Translator is using...
After a bit testing to find network issues I switched to a VPN, this way the local network firewall and the DNS PiHole (DNS adware blocker) server are out of the picture.
Then Translator starts working again... but I can't find the exact DNS domain that is being blocked in the DNS server.
Is there a list of DNS names that the Translator uses, I can manually unblock or put it on the DNS white list?
After a bit testing to find network issues I switched to a VPN, this way the local network firewall and the DNS PiHole (DNS adware blocker) server are out of the picture.
Then Translator starts working again... but I can't find the exact DNS domain that is being blocked in the DNS server.
Is there a list of DNS names that the Translator uses, I can manually unblock or put it on the DNS white list?