{"id":168563,"date":"2016-06-15T08:28:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T06:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=168563"},"modified":"2016-06-15T08:29:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T06:29:58","slug":"afrikaans-added-to-microsoft-translator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/168563-afrikaans-added-to-microsoft-translator.html","title":{"rendered":"Afrikaans added to Microsoft Translator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has added Afrikaans\u00a0to its Translator API, making it available for its apps and developers.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Translator&#8217;s speech translation API will also support Afrikaans.<\/p>\n<p>Afrikaans will be available in the following Microsoft products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft Translator apps for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/microsoft-translator\/id1018949559\" target=\"_blank\">iOS<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.microsoft.translator\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a><\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/store\/apps\/translator\/9wzdncrfj3pg\" target=\"_blank\">Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Instant message\u00a0translation in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skype.com\/download-skype\/skype-for-computer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skype for Windows desktop<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Word,\u00a0Excel,\u00a0OneNote,\u00a0PowerPoint,\u00a0Outlook,\u00a0Publisher,\u00a0Visio, and\u00a0Word Online<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SharePoint<\/li>\n<li>Document Translator<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator\/widget.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Translator Web Widget<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">How to activate Afrikaans translation in Microsoft Word<\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft provided instructions on how to activate Afrikaans translation in Word.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click on &#8220;review&#8221;, then &#8220;translate&#8221;, and &#8220;translate selected text&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>At the bottom of\u00a0the research pane, click on &#8220;get updates to your services&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the various pop-up windows prompts:\n<ul>\n<li>Update<\/li>\n<li>Continue<\/li>\n<li>Install<\/li>\n<li>OK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sOMNPRPk6KE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Microsoft<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/168553-big-xbox-one-price-cuts-in-south-africa.html\"><strong>Big Xbox One price cuts in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/168323-microsoft-will-give-you-r1000-if-you-buy-a-windows-10-lumia-phone.html\"><strong>Microsoft will give you R1,000 if you buy a Windows 10 Lumia 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