Tip 1072: Enable or disable the Bilingual Dictionary

One thing I love about helping people are the chuckles from the creative ways they express their annoyance with Outlook features. I'm a firm believer in laughter is the best medicine and I can count on getting a healthy dose every day.

How does one disable the Bilingual dictionary in Outlook 2010? When I hover the mouse over an email message this very aggravating dictionary keeps popping up. Can someone please inform me how to disable this thing before I heave myself out in front of a parked bus!!!

You don't have to do anything that drastic.

The Mini Translator is a new feature in Outlook 2010 and up. When the Mini Translator is enabled, the Bilingual Dictionary dialog comes up when you hover over a word in the reading pane a little too long.

It will be semi-transparent when it first comes up and you need to move the mouse over it to view it.

This annoying dialog can be disabled on the Review > Translation command.

1. Open a new message and click in the message body.
2. Select the Review tab.
3. Expand Translation button.
4. Click on Mini Translator to disable.

The Mini Translator command is a toggle and if selected/enabled, it will be highlighted. Click to disable it. Click it again to enable it.

Published March 11, 2013. Last updated on June 7, 2021.

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