Translation tools in Outlook 2010

Nowadays, we can communicate with people from around the world thanks to the Internet. Although English is one of the most popular languages in the world, sometimes we receive a message in a different language or we need the text in the e-mail message to be translated into another language. Outlook 2010 is equipped with sophisticated tools to manage translation within a message. In most cases you don't need any additional programs or add-ins to handle message in a different language. 

In order to use them, double click the e-mail message and in a new window click Translate button on the ribbon menu. There are several options to choose from. We will have a look at one of them called Mini Translator (Fig.1.). 

Fig.1. Mini Translator option in an e-mail message window. 

After you select the Mini Translator and click a word inside of the message, a new pop-up window will be displayed (Fig.2.).

Fig.2. Translation window of the Mini Translator option.

It will show the translation of the word in a defined language. In the example above, the word "tomorrow" was translated into French. You can choose the translation from a long list of available languages. In order to do so, click the Translation button and select option Choose Translation Language.