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Translate an email without pasting it into a translator

5 October 2026 · searched as translate email outlook mac

Pasting a mail into a translator loses its layout, and the translation is gone when the tab closes. MailCode translates the mail where it stands — tables, lists, links and colours kept — and still has the translation the next time you open the message.

How to do it

Open the message and click Translate in the reading-pane toolbar. The language it was written in is worked out for you.
The text turns into English where it is. A Translation bar above it names the two languages — de → en.
From the bar, Show Original flips back, Copy takes the translation, Save as Note keeps it in Notes, and Remove puts the mail back and forgets the translation.
Only one passage? Select it and click the small Translate button beside it. Click the translated passage to see the original again.
To read in another language, change Settings ▸ AI Assistant ▸ Translate mail into, or pick one on the Translation bar.

MailCode: A German mail translated where it stands, with the Translation bar above it. — A German mail translated where it stands, with the Translation bar above it.

Translation goes through Google’s free translation service, so it needs an internet connection but no account or key. The header — from, to, subject — is left as it is, and the mail itself is never changed. A very long mail is translated up to 40,000 characters, and the bar says the rest is still in its own language. The last 120 messages you translated keep their translations.

MailCode is a mail client for Mac and Windows that keeps your mail in a searchable archive on your own disk. Free for 14 days.

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