On the new Connect, translations function much better. It is no longer necessary to repeatedly navigate lengthy selection lists in order to choose your target language.
This guide is part of the Transition Tutorials.
Summary
On the new Connect, you can only translate into one language. You need to select your target language only once under Preferences. Then pressing the Globe icon under any foreign text will magically do the translation for you. Keep reading to learn how.
Selecting your language
Open Perferences | Interface to select your language under Interface language. Alternatively, you can tap your profile picture, then select Preferences, and then select Interface to reach the same settings.
Screenshot showing where you select your Interface language.
Don’t forget to hit the blue Save changes button further down on the page.
Once this is done, you are ready to use the improved translation tool.
How to get text translated
This is super easy. When you see a topic or reply in another language than yours, there will be a tiny Globe icon found under the text.
This is the Globe icon shown much bigger:
You can see the tiny Globe icon in this screenshot:
Just click the Globe icon, and the text will be translated into the interface language you selected. The translated text will appear below the original text. The Globe icon under the translated is blue, as seen below:
PS: The Interface language also determines the language used in menus and on buttons, etc. Not all languages are fully implemented. Then English will be used.
This is the end of this tutorial.
Credit: The oil painting shown at the top is Beach at Trouville by Eugène Boudin. Painted in 1864/5. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.