Feb 9, 2021
i need to translate certain parts of the document to another language. footnote from word.was word d
footnote from Microsoft word.
the document was a word document but I want to use a better translator than a Microsoft word translator to translate the document any suggestions on that too?
it was a word document at first but I upload it to docs
hope I can get help here
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You can't copy/paste footnotes in Docs, Saad. Docs uses superscript text citation numbers. You need to put your cursor in the text where you want the citation number to go, and then go to Insert > Footnote. A citation number will appear where your cursor is and also in the footer of the document. You can type in your content after the footnote number in the footer. If you want to copy/paste content for the footnote (in the footer), you can paste it using Ctrl + Shift + V so it will paste without carrying over code or formatting from the source document.
~Jo
Original Poster Saad Kassab marked this as an answer
Hi, Saad,
Open the .docx file in Google Docs.
Go to File > Save as Google Docs. A new file in Docs format should open in a new tab.
To translate the document into a different language, go to Tools > Translate document and select the language you need.
It's not possible at this time to translate just portions of a document, but you can copy/paste the translated sections that you need into a new Docs document or into the .docx file.
Alternatively, you can just use Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/.
~Jo
Google Product Expert Volunteer (not a Google employee)
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Feb 9, 2021
Hi, Saad,
Open the .docx file in Google Docs.
Go to File > Save as Google Docs. A new file in Docs format should open in a new tab.
To translate the document into a different language, go to Tools > Translate document and select the language you need.
It's not possible at this time to translate just portions of a document, but you can copy/paste the translated sections that you need into a new Docs document or into the .docx file.
Alternatively, you can just use Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/.
~Jo
Google Product Expert Volunteer (not a Google employee)
Original Poster Saad Kassab marked this as an answer
Feb 9, 2021
I need to work allot on the document because of that
I also need to learn how to make footnotes on docs probably
Thank you allot
Best regards Saad
Feb 9, 2021
You can't copy/paste footnotes in Docs, Saad. Docs uses superscript text citation numbers. You need to put your cursor in the text where you want the citation number to go, and then go to Insert > Footnote. A citation number will appear where your cursor is and also in the footer of the document. You can type in your content after the footnote number in the footer. If you want to copy/paste content for the footnote (in the footer), you can paste it using Ctrl + Shift + V so it will paste without carrying over code or formatting from the source document.
~Jo
Original Poster Saad Kassab marked this as an answer
Feb 9, 2021
I was really stressed out over this I had a tough day
Thank you very much for your help
Can't thank you enough
Feb 9, 2021
P T G
~Jo