How to Use Chrome Translate

Chrome can translate a whole page or just the text you select, using Google Translate. On a computer, select Translate on the right of the address bar. On a phone, tap the language at the top of the page. This guide covers translating pages, setting languages to always or never translate, and translating selected text, following Google’s guide to translating pages in Chrome.

Translate Pages in Chrome

Windows, macOS, and Linux

1. Open Chrome and go to the page you want to translate.
2. On the right of the address bar, select Translate.
3. Or right-click anywhere on the page and select Translate to [Language].
4. Select your preferred language. If Translate doesn’t work, refresh the page.

Android and iOS

1. Open the Chrome app and go to the page you want to translate.
2. At the top of the screen, tap the language you want the page in.
3. If Chrome doesn’t offer to translate, tap More > Translate.

Always Translate a Language

Windows, macOS, and Linux

1. At the top right, select More > Settings.
2. On the left, select Languages.
3. Under Google Translate, next to Automatically translate these languages, select Add languages.
4. Choose the language and select Add.

Android and iOS

1. Open a page in the language you want translated automatically.
2. Tap Settings in the translate bar at the top.
3. Select Always translate pages in [language] (Android) or Always translate [language] (iPhone and iPad).

Never Translate a Language

Windows, macOS, and Linux

1. Go to More > Settings > Languages.
2. Under Google Translate, next to Never offer to translate these languages, select Add languages.
3. Choose the language and select Add. To undo it later, select Remove next to the language.

Android and iOS

• Android: tap More > Settings > Languages > Advanced > Don’t offer to translate these languages, then Add language.
• iPhone and iPad: on a page that is being translated automatically, tap Never translate [language] at the top.

Adjusting Translation Settings

Windows, macOS, and Linux

1. Open Chrome and select More > Settings at the top right.
2. On the left, select Languages.
3. Under Google Translate, turn Use Google Translate on or off, and choose a language under Translate into this language.

Access via URL

Type chrome://settings/languages in the address bar to open the language settings directly.

Translate Selected Text

Chrome can translate just part of a page without an extension.

Windows, macOS, and Linux

1. Highlight the text you want to translate.
2. Right-click the highlighted text.
3. Select Translate selection to [Language].

On Android, highlight the text and the translation appears at the bottom of the screen. On iPhone and iPad, highlight the text and tap Google Translate.

Using an Extension

Google’s Google Translate extension in the Chrome Web Store adds a Translate icon when you highlight or right-click text, and can show a translation every time you highlight. It does not translate whole pages, because Chrome does that itself.

If Chrome Won’t Translate

Refresh the page, and check that the page’s language is not on the never-translate list. See our guide to fixing Chrome Translate for more steps.