Some of the content in this topic may not be applicable to some languages.

You can use bilingual dictionaries to look up words and short phrases in the dictionary of another language, or you can obtain a basic translation of words, phrases, or your whole document by using machine translation over the Web.

Security  When you send text to the Web for translation services, your document is sent in an unencrypted HTML format.

1. On the Tools menu, click Research.

   Note  In Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, the Research command is only available when you compose an e-mail message using Microsoft Office Word 2003 as your default e-mail editor.

2. In the Search for list, select Translation.
3. If this is the first time you have used translation services, click OK to install the bilingual dictionaries and enable the translation service through the Research task pane.
4. To change the languages used for translation, in the Research task pane, under Translation, select the languages you want to translate from and to. For example, to translate English to French, click English (U.S.) in the From list and French (France) in the To list.

   Note  To customize which resources are used for translation, click Translation options, and then select the look-up options you want.

5. Do one of the following:
   • To translate a specific word, press ALT and click a word. The results appear under Translation in the Research task pane.
   • To translate a short sentence, select the words, and then press ALT and click the selection. The results appear in the Research task pane under Translation.
   • To translate a whole document, in the Research task pane, under Translation, click Translate whole document A translation of your document appears in your Web browser..
   • To translate a word or phrase, type the word or phrase in the Search for box, and then click Start Searching .

Notes

• Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 does not support ALT and click. Use the right mouse button (right-click), and click Look Up on the shortcut menu.
• To translate text you may also need to Install system support for multiple languages.
• In Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, the Research task pane is available only when you are reading or composing e-mail messages.