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How to convert traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese or vice versa in Excel?

Author Siluvia Last modified

Supposing you have a column list contains traditional Chinese and want to convert them to simplified Chinese as below screenshot shown. How to achieve it? This article will show you a method to convert traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese or vice versa in Excel.

A screenshot showing converting traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese in Excel

Convert traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese or vice versa

Convert traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese or vice versa

You can try the below method to convert traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese or vice versa in Excel.

1. Select the cell contains the traditional Chinese or simplified Chinese word you need to convert, then click Review > Translate. See screenshot:

A screenshot of selecting Review > Translate in Excel

2. In the following Translate Selected Text dialog box, click the Yes button.

A screenshot of the Translate Selected Text dialog box

3. Then a Research pane display on the right side in the worksheet, please select Chinese (Taiwan) from the From drop-down list, select Chinese (PRC) from the To drop-down list, and then click the Insert button. For converting simplified Chinese to traditional Chinese, just exchange these two options. See screenshot shown.

A screenshot showing the Research pane in Excel with options for converting Chinese text

Now the selected traditional Chinese cell has been converted to simplified Chinese. Please repeat the above steps to convert other traditional Chinese cells to simplified Chinese one by one.

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