How to quickly translate webpages in Safari for iPhone and iPad

If you use your iPhone or iPad to surf the web a lot, you can use Microsoft's Translator app and its extension to quickly translate web pages that you visit into your native language. Microsoft Translator is a universal app for iPhone and iPad, and can be downloaded from the App Store for free.

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Once you've got it downloaded, you can set up the action extension for translation web pages.

How to activate the Microsoft Translator extension in Safari

  1. Open Safari on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. While viewing a webpage, tap the share button.

  3. Scroll to the left on the bottom row of icons.

    Open Safari, tap share button, scroll to the left

  4. Tap the More button.
  5. Turn the switch next to Microsoft Translator to the green 'on' position.

  6. Tap Done.

    Tap More, turn on switch, tap Done

How to translate web pages in Safari with Microsoft Translator

  1. Open Safari on your iPhone or iPad.

  2. Head to the webpage that you want to translate.

    Open Safari, head to page

  3. Tap the share button at the bottom of the display.

  4. Tap the Microsoft Translator button. The extension will then translate the entire page for you.

    Tap share, tap Microsoft Translator

Questions?

If you have any further questions about translating webpages on your iPhone or iPad, let us know in the comments.

Updated May 2018: Added updated information on the app you need to use, replacing Bing Search with Microsoft Translate.

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