Translate pages and change Chrome languages

You can use Chrome to translate pages. You can also change your preferred language in Chrome.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. Go to a page you want to translate.
3. On the right of the address bar, select Translate 👁 Image
   .
   • You can right-click anywhere on the page and select Translate to [Language].
4. Select your preferred language.
   • If Translate doesn’t work, refresh the page.

You can translate a section of a page.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. Go to a page you want to translate.
3. Highlight the text you want to translate.
4. Right-click the highlighted text.
5. Select Translate selection to [Language].

Tip: To change the translated language, select More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Choose another language 👁 and then
Down arrow 👁 Down arrow
.

You can use Chrome to translate pages based on your preferred language settings.

You can select the language Chrome translates the page into.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More 👁 More
   👁 and then
   Settings.
3. On the left, select Languages.
4. Under “Google Translate,” select Translate into this language.
5. Select the language that you want from the language list.

If the page is in more than one language, it shows your preferred language first.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More 👁 More
   👁 and then
   Settings.
3. On the left, select Languages.
4. Under “Preferred languages,” select Add languages.
5. Select the languages that you want to add.
6. Select Add.
7. If you want to:
   • Reorder languages: Beside the language you want to move, select More 👁 More
     👁 and then
     Move down.
   • Remove a language: Beside the language you want to remove, select More 👁 More
     👁 and then
     Remove.

You can control which language Chrome automatically translates.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More 👁 More
   👁 and then
   Settings.
3. On the left, select Languages.
4. Under “Google Translate,” next to “Automatically translate these languages," select Add languages.
5. Select the languages that you want to add.
6. Select Add.
7. To remove a language, next to the language you want to remove, select Remove 👁 Image
   .

You can set which languages you never want Chrome to offer to translate.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More 👁 More
   👁 and then
   Settings.
3. On the left, select Languages.
4. Under “Google Translate,” next to “Never offer to translate these languages,” select Add languages.
5. Select the languages that you want to add.
6. Select Add.
7. To remove a language, next to the language you want to remove, select Remove 👁 Image
   .

On Windows computers, you can set Chrome to show all settings and menus in your preferred language.

Important:

• Chromebook: To add or remove web content languages on your Chromebook, learn how to manage your Chromebook’s languages.
• Mac or Linux: Chrome will automatically display in the default system language for your Mac or Linux.

1. On your Windows computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, select More 👁 More
   👁 and then
   Settings.
3. On the left, select Languages.
4. Under "Preferred languages," next to the language you'd like to use, select More 👁 More
   .
   • If the language isn't listed, add it by clicking Add languages.
5. Select Display Google Chrome in this language.
   • This option is only available on Windows computers.
6. Restart Chrome to apply the changes.