Microsoft Edge features a built-in translation engine powered by Microsoft Bing. Whenever you navigate to a website that is written in a language different from your operating system’s default language, Edge will immediately intercept the page load. A popup will slide down from the address bar, and the browser will often automatically translate the entire webpage into English before you can even read the original text.
If you are bilingual, studying a foreign language, or working as a localization tester, this automatic translation is incredibly disruptive. It destroys the original context of the website and often relies on inaccurate machine translation that makes the text confusing or completely illegible.
You can configure Microsoft Edge to permanently ignore foreign languages and render all websites exactly as they were written by the developer.
How to Disable Automatic Translation
You can turn off the translation engine via the Edge Language settings.
- Open the Microsoft Edge browser.
- Click the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner.
- Select Settings from the drop-down menu.
- In the left-hand navigation sidebar, click on Languages.
- Scroll down the right pane until you reach the section labeled “Translation.”
- You will see a toggle switch labeled Offer to translate pages that aren’t in a language I read.
- Turn this toggle to the Off position.
Once disabled, Microsoft Edge will strictly act as a passive renderer. If you visit a website written in Japanese, German, or Spanish, the text will remain in its native language, and the translation popup will never appear to interrupt your reading experience.