Auto Translate Page Content in Edge Browser on Android

Edge on Android can translate pages for you. The browser has Microsoft Translator built in, so a page in Japanese, Spanish, or any language you do not read can switch to your language after one tap.

Turn on Offer to translate pages in Settings → Languages, then add the languages you do read to Preferred languages. After that, the translate bar and the address-bar icon keep the option one tap away.

In this guide, I have covered:

Video Guide: Auto Translate a Page in Edge on Android

If you prefer to watch, this walkthrough covers the same steps: turning on auto translate, adding your reading languages, and using the translate bar when a page appears in another language.

Turn On Auto Translate for Pages in Edge on Android

If Edge on your Android phone never offers to translate pages, auto translate is off. The toggle lives under Languages in current Edge builds, not the old Microsoft Translator submenu. Turn it on so Edge can offer to translate any page that is not in a language you read.

1. Open the Edge app on your Android phone.
2. Tap the More menu and choose Settings.
3. Tap Languages.
4. Turn on Offer to translate pages that aren't in a language I read.

Edge will now show a translate bar at the top of a page whenever the page language is missing from your Preferred languages list.

Add the Language You Read to Preferred Languages

If Edge never offers to translate, the page language may already be on your Preferred languages list. Add the languages you read, and Edge will skip those pages. If you read English, French, and Spanish, add all three.

1. In Edge, tap More and choose Settings.
2. Tap Languages.
3. Tap Preferred languages.
4. Tap Add language and pick the languages you read. Drag the order so your main reading language is at the top.

Pages in those languages will not trigger the translate prompt. Pages in any other language will, as long as the toggle from the previous section stays on.

Translate a Page Using the Translate Bar

When Edge detects a page in a language you do not have on your list, a small panel appears at the top. Tap Translate and the page text updates in place.

1. Open a website that is in a foreign language, for example a Japanese news site or a French recipe page.
2. Tap Translate in the panel that appears at the top of the page.
3. Tap the Translate to dropdown to pick a different target language if the default is wrong.
4. Wait for the page text to refresh in your chosen language.

To go back to the original version, tap Show original in the same panel. Or open the translate icon in the address bar and pick Show original from there.

Set Up Always Translate for a Language

If you tap Translate every time, that gets old. Use the Always translate from [Language] checkbox to translate that source language silently from then on.

1. Open a page in a foreign language so the translate panel appears.
2. Tap the Translate button in the panel.
3. Tick Always translate from [Language] on the confirmation card.

Edge will now translate every future page in that language without asking. To turn it back off, open a translated page, tap the address bar translate icon, and untick Always translate from [Language]. You’ll know it worked when the panel stops appearing for that language.

Use the Translate Icon in the Address Bar

When the translate bar is gone, the translate icon at the right end of the address bar is the manual entry point. Use it when you dismissed the prompt and still want to translate, or when you want to flip back to the original page on the fly.

1. Open any page on a foreign language site.
2. Tap the translate icon at the right end of the address bar.
3. Pick the target language from the dropdown.
4. Tap Translate.

The same icon exposes Show original (to undo the translation), Always translate from [Language] (to switch auto translate on for that source language), and Never translate [Language] (to silence the prompt for that source language). The list of languages you can pick from matches what is on your Preferred languages list.

Pick a Different Target Language Each Time

If you need a target language other than your phone’s default, Edge lets you pick. The default target matches your phone’s system language. To translate into something different without changing your system language, use the dropdown on the panel or inside the address-bar icon.

1. Open a foreign language page.
2. Tap the Translate panel at the top, or the translate icon in the address bar.
3. Tap the Translate to dropdown.
4. Pick the language you want, then tap Translate.

Edge supports roughly 70 languages. The list includes Spanish, French, German, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, and more.

Stop Edge From Translating a Specific Language

If Edge keeps translating a language you actually want to read in the original, block it from the address-bar icon.

1. Open a page in the language you want Edge to leave alone.
2. Tap the translate icon in the address bar.
3. Tap Never translate [Language].

Edge will stop offering to translate any page in that language. To undo, open Settings → Languages and remove the entry from the Never translate list.

Fix Pages That Will Not Translate

If the translate panel never appears even on a foreign language page, work through these checks in order.

1. Confirm the toggle is on. Go to Settings → Languages and make sure Offer to translate pages that aren’t in a language I read is enabled.

2. Confirm the source language is not on your Preferred languages list. The prompt only fires on languages that are not on that list. If you added the source language earlier (by accident or to test), remove it from Preferred languages and reload.

3. Update Edge from the Play Store. Outdated builds sometimes lose the translate integration after a Microsoft Translator push.

4. Open the page in a regular tab. Translation is disabled inside InPrivate tabs, so the panel will not show even if the toggle is on. Use the Edge tab menu to open a normal tab and reload the page there.

5. Clear Edge’s site data as a last resort. A stuck site permission can suppress the prompt on a single domain. Open Edge’s browsing data menu, choose Cookies and other site data, and clear the entry for the affected site.

Bottom Line

The Edge browser on Android uses Microsoft Translator (reached through Bing) to translate pages into your reading language. You can leave it on auto, force-translate any page from the address bar icon, or block specific languages from ever being translated.

Add languages you actually read to the Preferred languages list first, then turn on the Offer to translate toggle. That single combination covers most of the situations where people get stuck.

If you usually browse the desktop layout and want a clean translated view, use Edge’s desktop site option as well.

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