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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...
Balanar777
Sep 12, 2023Copper Contributor
-> Peter_Geelen
... some year's later... found the solution
Got it fixed.
I went into the registry. Then to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Office. Renamed the office folder to office.old.
Then closed and re-opened word and after that translation worked with no issues.
AlexandreP_74
Oct 04, 2023Copper Contributor
Hi, thanks for the solution.Balanar777
For those who would like to avoid deleting all the key/folder causing a reset of all Office Apps.
I have found that it is related to this key/folder only (16.0 if your Office pack is recent one):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\ExperimentConfigs