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How to translate a text

  1. Select the source and target languages.
  2. Type or paste the source text in the left text area.
  3. If needed, use the virtual keyboard to input special characters (accents, or other alphabets);
  4. If Reverso identifies that your choice for source language could be wrong, it’ll suggest you the appropriate source language.
  5. The translation should appear after a few seconds; alternately, click the yellow button located between the input text area and the output text area.
  6. The translation appears in the right text area.
  7. For short texts, several suggestions can be displayed, and they can be illustrated by examples if Reverso Context is activated.
  8. For longer texts, with several paragraphs, when you hover on a paragraph on the right side, you’ll see the original paragraph highlighted.
    For texts above the maximum limit, Reverso will suggest you to convert it into a file and translate it using the file translation module.
  9. You can listen to the texts if your computer is equipped with audio and if you have this option installed.
  10. You can check the original text for grammar and spelling mistakes in English and/or French, before launching the translation if you have this option installed;
    This option can also be set to run automatically before the translation.

Dictionary lookup, translation fine-tuning

Reverso translation or synonyms dictionaries can be integrated and provide you tools to improve the source or target text.

For short texts, they can be activated directly by double-click.
For longer texts, you’ll need to select the word or group of words and click on an icon next to the word(s) selected.

If your company has subscribed to the optional “Lexibase” dictionaries, they can be consulted simultaneously. They can integrate various dictionaries such as your company glossaries or Collins dictionaries for example.

How to translate a file

  1. Select the source and target language on top of the two text areas.
  2. Below the text translation you will find a clickable zone to upload or to drag and drop the file to translate.
  3. Once the file has been selected it will be uploaded and translated; if it was a pdf file, it will be converted to DOCX.
  4. Once the translation is completed, click the download link that has appeared below the file translation block.
  5. You can save the translated file or open it directly.

Your original or translated files are not saved on the servers. We strongly recommend you to save the translation if you want to use it later.

Translation of files is limited to a certain size of documents. Because of format conversion required for translation, a file with a size below the limit may be rejected.

Reverso supports the following file types: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, OpenOffice, HTML and XML (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PDF, HTML, MHTML, TXT, XML, RTF, TMX, XLF, ODT, ODP, ODS, RSS).

Mobile and tablets

  1. You can use the same translation engine on mobile and tablets.
  2. Keep in mind though that you'll have access to less features: file translation for example and many editing features are not relevant on a mobile device.

Feedback

  1. To send feedback concerning translation results, please use the “comment” icon on top of translation area. The feedback form allows you to report:
    • Specific or general suggestions to improve the translation quality, with concrete examples
    • Linguistic resources that could help improve the tool (bilingual documents, glossaries)
  2. If any feature does not work according to its description, please report it using the e-mail contact.
    • Depending on the configuration, your feedback will be directed to Reverso or to your company’s support team.