This feature is only included in SoftMaker Office NX Universal. It is not available in the Android or iOS version.
With the ribbon command Review | Translation in TextMaker, you can translate individual text sections or even an entire document into the language of your choice in an instant.
Note: The translation is done by the online translation service DeepL rather than done locally on your computer. You must thus be connected to the Internet to use the translation feature.
To translate your text, proceed as follows:
| 1. | In your document, select a passage of text up to the point where you want the translation to end. If you want to translate a single paragraph, simply place the text cursor in the corresponding paragraph. |
| If you want to translate the entire document, you do not have to select anything. |
| 2. | Then choose the ribbon command Review | group Language tools | Translation  , which will open a dropdown menu. |
| 3. | Enable the option Translate selected text here to translate the selected text section (or the option Translate paragraph if you have selected a single paragraph). |
| If you want to translate the entire document, enable the option Translate document here. |
| 4. | Now select the Source language in the dropdown menu. If the desired language is not listed, you can click More to open an extended list of all languages available in TextMaker. |
| Note: The option Autodetect is selected by default if the text is formatted in a single language. If the text is formatted in multiple languages (see section Setting the language), TextMaker will switch to the option Multiple languages. You can also manually set the source language yourself if you want to override automatic detection. |
| 5. | Then select the desired translation language from the list Target language in the menu. You will also find an extended list here with all available languages via the entry More. |
| Tip: Alternatively, you can open a dialog box via the menu entry Settings. The source language and the target language can also be selected here – clearly arranged next to each other. |
| 6. | Finally, click on Translate now in the dropdown menu. |
The selected passage of text is then replaced by the translated text in the target language.
Note: If you have selected the option Translate document, you will be prompted to save the translation as a new file. (TextMaker will suggest the original file name with an abbreviation at the end.) This step protects you from accidental data loss, as the translation action cannot be undone if you translate the entire document.
If you have only translated individual passages of text, you can continue working in the original document. Since this translation action can be undone, it is not absolutely necessary to save the translated text separately as a new file.