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The feature is used by millions of people to facilitate communication across languages, according to Microsoft.

Soon, interpreters will be able to swap the direction of language translation with a single click.

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Microsoft Teams will soon support interpreters switching the direction of translation with a single button press.

The new feature, which is in testing among preview users, is called bidirectional support for language interpretation.

Bidirectional support for language interpretation is available on both Windows and macOS.

Testing the feature with other users does not require everyone to sign up to be a preview member.

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Microsoft first rolled out interpretation support to Teams in 2022.

Microsoft outlined how the feature works in itsTech Community post:

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