Email, Messaging, & Video Calls Email How to Get Automatic Email Translations in Gmail Translate messages written in foreign languages to English in Gmail by Heinz Tschabitscher Writer A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. our editorial process Heinz Tschabitscher Updated on May 13, 2020 reviewed by Jon Fisher Lifewire Tech Review Board Member Jonathan Fisher is a CompTIA certified technologist with more than 6 years' experience writing for publications like TechNorms and Help Desk Geek. our review board Article reviewed on Dec 09, 2020 Jon Fisher Tweet Share Email Email Gmail Yahoo! Mail Gmail includes built-in support for Google Translate, so you don't need to copy-and-paste messages written in foreign languages into a translator tool. Instead, you can convert emails to English within Gmail. Instructions in this article apply to the web version of Gmail. All steps are the same regardless of which browser you use. How to Get Automatic Email Translations in Gmail Follow these steps to translate a Gmail message from a different language to your natural one. If Gmail detects a message that isn't written in your default language, a translation bar will appear at the top of the message. If you do not see a translation bar, select the three vertical dots beside the Reply button and select Translate message from the drop-down menu. Select the language of the email. Gmail will usually detect the language automatically. Select the target language if it's not already set to your default. Select Translate message to see the message in your language of choice. You may not see Translate message the first time you use it, because choosing a language might automatically trigger the translation. If that's the case, you'll need to choose Translate message the next time you open the app or if you change the translation language. Select View original message to see the email in the original language again. Select Always translate on the right side to automatically translate messages in the original langue for the future. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up. Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit