The "Translated Conversations" feature is coming to Skype to facilitate communication in different languages

Skype is one of Microsoft's iconic applications and faced with the competition that offers alternatives such as WhatsApp, Telegram or Facebook Messenger, Microsoft has no choice but to periodically update its messaging utility with new features and enhancements.

This is the case of the latest update that comes with version 8.54 of Skype, a compilation of the application that comes with improvements in conversations that facilitate communication between users even when they carry it out with different languages.

Translated conversations

Microsoft has released version 8.54 of Skype and there are improvements in conversations thanks to the support of translation in conversations. This will allow Skype users to have conversations with people even if they use a different language.

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To achieve this, the Skype Translator bot will be retired and replaced by the Translated Conversations feature that seeks to make multilingual conversation more accessible. Here are the steps to enable Translated Conversations:"

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• From chats, right-click or press and hold your contact and select View Profile. "
• Also, from within the conversation, you can click or tap the chat header to go to your contact's profile.
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• Click or tap Submit Translation Request>" "
• A notification will be sent to your contact asking you to enable translated conversations. You will have to select Accept>"
• Your contact needs to be on the latest version of Skype to receive the invitation.
• Once the invitation is accepted, your instant messages and calls will be translated into the language you chose.
• The language spoken on Skype will be set by default to the language of the device, but you can customize it at any time in settings.
• During your translated conversation, Skype will display messages as they are translated, but will also give you the option to display the original message .
• Your translated conversation will still be available in your chats with that person. If you want to start a new translated conversation with someone else, you'll need to enable translated conversations on that person's profile as well.

Along with support for multi-language conversations comes improved detection of screen sharing permissions, something that only affects macOS users who can access the Skype app from this link.

Along with these two improvements, there are also the expected bug fixes and stability improvements, improvements that are available for Skype on Windows, Mac, Linux and in the version Web.

In the case of Skype versions for iOS and Android, these also benefit from the arrival of the Translated Conversations feature for speak and chat with people from all over the world in a different language.