How to integrate Microsoft Teams with automatic translation to automatically translate English emails and notify Microsoft Teams
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2024/10/29
How to integrate Microsoft Teams with automatic translation to automatically translate English emails and notify Microsoft Teams
t.aizawa
In a rapidly globalizing business environment, are you seeking swift information sharing that transcends language barriers? Particularly, the ability to quickly understand the content of English emails in Japanese can directly lead to improved work efficiency and faster decision-making. In this article, we will explain in detail how to automatically translate English emails and notify Microsoft Teams, along with the specific benefits of this process. Through this integration, companies can achieve smoother communication and adapt to diverse working styles.
Benefits of Automatically Translating Email Content and Notifying Microsoft Teams
Benefit 1: Accelerated Communication and Decision-Making
By automatically translating English emails and notifying Microsoft Teams, information sharing within the company becomes smoother, enabling faster decision-making. For example, in global teams, it often takes time to comprehend English emails, but with automatic translation, they can be quickly understood in Japanese, which is expected to improve response speed. Additionally, as information transmission becomes faster, work efficiency improves, and the overall team performance increases. This is expected to facilitate smooth project progress.
Benefit 2: Improved Efficiency and Time Savings
Automating the translation of English emails and notifications to Microsoft Teams eliminates the need for manual translation, allowing focus on other tasks. For companies that receive a large volume of English emails daily, reducing the time and effort spent on translation can improve overall work efficiency. Furthermore, centralized management in Microsoft Teams eliminates the need to switch between different tools, simplifying the workflow. As a result, team productivity increases, and it helps reduce employee stress.
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How to Create a Flow for Automatically Translating Email Content and Notifying Microsoft Teams
Now, let's create a flow together using a template to "automatically translate English emails and notify Microsoft Teams"!
The template we will use can be copied by clicking "Try it" on the banner below.
Before Getting Started
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(1) After logging into Yoom, select "My Apps" from the left column and click on "+ New Connection".
(2) From the list of new connections in My Apps, click on Microsoft Teams. (3) Sign in to Microsoft Teams. ※Note※ Microsoft365 (formerly Office365) has both a home plan and a general business plan (Microsoft365 Business). If you are not subscribed to the general business plan, authentication may fail.
Once the integration is complete, Microsoft Teams will be registered in Yoom's My Apps.
This completes the registration of My Apps. Next, let's set up a trigger using a template!
Step 2: Set Up Email Trigger
(1) We will use the template introduced earlier. Click "Try it" on the banner below to copy it.
Click on "When an email arrives" in the email trigger.
(2) From the "Email Trigger Condition Settings" screen, keep the title as "When an email arrives" and enter the email address for receiving. If you want to add trigger conditions, you can click on "Add Trigger Condition" to add conditions.
Once the input is complete, click "Next". (3) From the "Test Email Trigger" screen, test whether an email is sent to the receiving address you just set. Click "Test", and if no errors occur, click "Save" at the bottom.
Step 3: Set Up Translation
(1) Next, configure the settings for translation. Click "Translate".
※Note※ ・AI operations are only available with the Team Plan and Success Plan. For Free Plan and Mini Plan, the operation of the flowbot set will result in an error, so please be careful. ・Paid plans such as Team Plan and Success Plan offer a 2-week free trial. During the free trial, you can use restricted apps and AI features (operations).
(2) From the "Select Action" screen, keep the title as "Translate". Select the action from the dropdown. Once the selection is complete, click "Next".
(3) From the "Set Details" screen, select the text to be translated from the output.
Scroll down and enter the language you want to translate into as the target language. Once the input is complete, click "Test", and if no errors occur, click "Save" at the bottom.
Step 4: Send a Message by Integrating with Microsoft Teams
(1) Next, set up to send a message by integrating with Microsoft Teams. Click "Send Message".
(2) From the "Select Integration Account and Action" screen in Microsoft Teams, verify that there are no errors in the account information for integration with Microsoft Teams, and keep the action as "Send a message to a channel" and click "Next".
(3) From the "API Connection Settings" screen, select the team ID and channel ID from the options.
Scroll down and enter the content to be notified to Microsoft Teams in the message.
Other fields are not mandatory. Please enter the necessary fields. Once the input is complete, click "Test", and if no errors occur, click "Save" at the bottom.
(4) Finally, click "Turn on Trigger".
This completes the flowbot for "Automatically translating English emails and notifying Microsoft Teams".
Other Automation Examples Using Microsoft Teams and Translation Features
At Yoom, there are many other examples of automation using Microsoft Teams and translation features, so let me introduce a few.
1. Translate messages posted on Microsoft Teams and post the translated version on Slack
Messages posted on Microsoft Teams can be automatically translated and the content can be posted on Slack. This will help facilitate smooth communication among all team members, overcoming language barriers.
2. Retrieve records from Google Sheets that match today's date and send a daily batch notification to Microsoft Teams
By entering information into Google Sheets, the data for the current day is automatically extracted and notified to Microsoft Teams. This is expected to reduce the effort of manual announcements and prevent missed notifications or incorrect content.
3. Notify Microsoft Teams when a Google Meet meeting ends
When a Google Meet meeting ends, an automatic notification is sent to Microsoft Teams. This allows members who did not attend the meeting to quickly understand the meeting status, facilitating smooth communication if they need to convey any messages to the participants.
Additionally, if you would like to check out templates using Microsoft Teams and translation features, please visit the following site.
The system that automatically translates English emails and notifies Microsoft Teams is expected to improve work efficiency, facilitate smooth communication, and provide flexible responses to diverse working styles. In particular, it offers significant advantages by supporting quick decision-making and enabling seamless information sharing across language barriers. Additionally, centralized information management can enhance security and transparency in operations. By leveraging these benefits, companies can enhance their global competitiveness and adapt more easily to changing business environments.
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t.aizawa
I hope everyone's everyday work will be much easier!
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