Text and document translation

In Text and document translation, the ‘Text translation’ tab translates as you type: there is no button to press. Text pasted into the left-hand pane is translated in the right-hand pane, up to the limit of 10,000 characters shown by the counter below the input area. A copy button at the top of the right-hand pane retrieves the result.

1. Open Text and document translation from the home page, then stay on the Text translation tab.
2. Check the Highly sensitive content toggle and the engine, on the right of the settings bar.
3. Leave the left-hand list on ‘Detect language’ or set the source language, then choose the target language on the right.
4. Paste or type your text in the left-hand pane: the translation appears in the right-hand pane without any action on your part.
5. Watch the counter below the input area: it shows how many of the 10,000 characters you have used.
6. Click the copy button at the top right of the target pane to retrieve the translation.

The ‘File translation’ tab of Text and document translation translates your documents without copying and pasting. First choose an engine and a target language, then upload up to 25 files, each up to 50 MB, in .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt or .pptx format. The ‘Highly sensitive content’ toggle stays active on this tab, so you can process a confidential batch without it leaving Switzerland.

1. Open Text and document translation, then click the File translation tab.
2. Under Choose a translation engine and a target language, set the engine, then the target language.
3. Check the ‘Highly sensitive content’ toggle if your documents are confidential: it also applies to files.
4. Click the Click to upload or drag and drop area, or drag your files onto it.
5. Stay within the limits shown: up to 25 files, 50 MB per file, in .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt and .pptx format.
6. Wait until each file has been processed before you leave the tab.

The ‘PDF to Word’ tab of Text and document translation converts your PDFs, including scanned documents, into editable Word files. It accepts up to 25 files in .pdf format, each up to 50 MB. This is the first step when a document only exists as a PDF and you then want to translate it, annotate it or have it properly reviewed.

1. Open Text and document translation, then click the PDF to Word tab.
2. Click the upload area or drag your files onto it: only .pdf files are accepted on this tab.
3. Stay within the limits shown: up to 25 files, 50 MB per file.
4. Download the converted Word documents, then check the layout before you use them.
5. Go back to ‘File translation’ if you then want to translate the converted documents.

Corrext does not stop at one translation. The sparkle button at the bottom right of the target pane opens an ‘Alternatives’ panel with several versions of the same sentence. Each alternative shows the name of the engine that produced it, so you can compare wordings before you choose. A pager scrolls through the suggestions, and a ‘Generate more’ button asks for new ones.

1. First translate a text in the ‘Text translation’ tab of Text and document translation.
2. Click the sparkle button at the bottom right of the target pane.
3. Read the Alternatives panel that opens below the translation: each suggestion is followed by the name of its engine.
4. Use the pager arrows, to the right of the suggestion counter, to move from one alternative to the next.
5. Click Generate more to get other wordings if none of them is suitable.
6. Copy the version you choose with the copy button of the target pane.

When you are unsure about a word in Text and document translation, highlight it: a floating ‘Fast Lookup’ button appears just above the selection. It opens the CHnell tool on that exact word, with bilingual segments taken from official Swiss sources. It is the quickest way to check the meaning or usage of a term without leaving your translation.

1. Translate your text in the ‘Text translation’ tab of Text and document translation.
2. Double-click the word you want to check in the source pane, or select it with the mouse.
3. Click the floating Fast Lookup button that appears above the selection.
4. In CHnell, read the bilingual segments that contain this word, with their domain and their source.
5. Go back to your translation and correct the term if official usage differs from the engine's suggestion.

The ‘Rephrasing’ tab of Text and document translation rewrites a text in the style you choose, without changing the language. It accepts up to 5,000 characters. A ‘Settings’ list gives access to five styles, including ‘Formal legal’ and ‘Simplified’, and to a ‘Shorten’ option that shortens the text. The words that have changed are underlined in the result.

1. Open Text and document translation, then click the Rephrasing tab.
2. Paste your text into the left-hand pane: the counter shows how many of the 5,000 characters you have used.
3. Open the Settings list and choose a style: ‘Formal legal’, ‘Financial’, ‘Simplified’, ‘Formal’ or ‘Informal’.
4. Tick the Shorten option if you also want to shorten the text, then click ‘Apply’.
5. Read the result in the right-hand pane: the words that have changed are underlined.
6. Click the regenerate button at the bottom right of the target pane if the rephrasing is not suitable.
7. Click ‘Reset’ in ‘Settings’ to go back to the default settings.

Both panes of Text and document translation have their own controls. Below each text area, an undo button and a redo button reverse your changes. The source pane has a cross that clears the input, and a character counter. The target pane has a copy button at the top right and, at the bottom right, the alternatives or regenerate button, depending on the tab.

1. Find the undo and redo buttons below each pane: they work separately on the source and on the target.
2. Click the cross in the source pane to clear the input area completely and start again with a new text.
3. Watch the character counter in the source pane: it shows the limit of the current tab.
4. Click the copy button at the top right of the target pane to copy the translation to the clipboard.
5. Use the button at the bottom right of the target pane to open the alternatives, or to regenerate a rephrasing.