Getting started
What is Docs Paragraph Translate?
Section titled “What is Docs Paragraph Translate?”Docs Paragraph Translate is a Google Docs add-on for reading and learning languages inside your own documents. It translates the text you select, has a dictionary with meanings, example sentences and pronunciation, a notebook (My words) to save words you are learning, AI explanations of grammar and vocabulary, and a Chat tab to practise conversation with an AI partner. It opens as a sidebar next to your document.
How do I install Docs Paragraph Translate?
Section titled “How do I install Docs Paragraph Translate?”Install it from the Google Workspace Marketplace: https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/docs_paragraph_translate/558115697277 , click Install, choose your Google account and allow the permissions. Or, inside any Google Doc, go to Extensions > Add-ons > Get add-ons, search for “Docs Paragraph Translate” and click Install. Then open a document and go to Extensions > Docs Paragraph Translate > Start; the sidebar opens on the right (reload the document if the menu does not show it yet). School or company accounts: if installing is blocked, ask your Google Workspace admin to allow the add-on, or to install it for the whole school or company from the Admin console.
How do I open the add-on?
Section titled “How do I open the add-on?”Open a Google Doc, then go to Extensions > Docs Paragraph Translate > Start. The sidebar opens on the right. If you just installed the add-on and it is not in the Extensions menu yet, reload the document.
Does it work in Google Sheets, Slides or on my phone?
Section titled “Does it work in Google Sheets, Slides or on my phone?”The add-on works in Google Docs in a web browser on a computer. Google Docs add-ons do not run in the Google Docs mobile apps, and this add-on is not available in Sheets or Slides.
Can I use the add-on in my own language?
Section titled “Can I use the add-on in my own language?”Yes. The sidebar follows the language of your Google account and is available in 20 languages: English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). Other languages use English. To choose a different one, use the language menu (🌐) at the bottom left of the sidebar; the sidebar reopens in that language. This only changes the add-on’s menus and messages, not the languages you translate between.