How to Use

Use Select & Translate with 4 how-to topics, all available without membership; choose a topic from the index to complete setup and translation quickly.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Turn on Select & Translate

Entry: Review tab → Select & Translate

1. Open a WPS Writer document.
2. Click the Review tab in the top menu bar.
3. Click Select & Translate.
4. Confirm that the feature is turned on.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The document is ready for Select & Translate actions.
• Next action available: You can continue by selecting text and viewing translation results.

Tips While Using

• Environment: This feature requires an internet connection.

2. Translate selected content

Entry: Translate from the floating toolbar, or Task Pane on the right → Translate

1. Select the word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph that you want to translate in the document.
2. Choose Translate from the floating toolbar, or click Translate in the task pane on the right.
3. View the translation result in the floating window or sidebar.
4. Copy the translated text or insert it into the document if needed.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The translation result appears in the floating window or sidebar.
• Next action available: You can copy the result or insert it into the current document.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If no text is selected first, the translation entry may not return the intended content.
• Environment: Translation results may not load when the network connection is unstable.

3. Set translation languages

Entry: Translation window

1. Open the translation window.
2. Select the source language.
3. Select the target language, such as Chinese or English.
4. Run translation with the current language settings.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The selected language pair is shown in the translation window.
• Next action available: Future translations use the current language settings.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If the source language or target language is set incorrectly, the result may not match your expectation.

4. Adjust more translation settings

Entry: ... icon at the top of the translation window

1. Click the ... icon at the top of the translation window.
2. Open the More settings panel.
3. Turn Word Definition on or off as needed.
4. Change the translation engine as needed.
5. Adjust the font size in the translation interface as needed.
6. View history sessions.
7. In Translation Settings, turn Trigger translation when selecting text in file on or off.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The settings are updated based on your selection.
• Next action available: Later translations follow the new display or trigger settings.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If you turn off the text-selection trigger option, selecting text will no longer trigger translation in that way.