Why can’t I use the formal/informal feature?
For free users
This feature is not available for free users of DeepL Translator. To adjust the tone of your translations, you need to subscribe to DeepL Pro. Please consult our pricing page for further information. You can test the formal/informal feature for 30 days for free by subscribing to DeepL Pro Starter or DeepL Pro Advanced.
For DeepL Pro users (Starter, Advanced, and Ultimate)
Please make sure that you are logged in to your DeepL Pro account, as this feature is not available for free users of DeepL Translator.
Please make sure that this feature is supported for your target language. Currently, you can use this feature when translating into the following languages:
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Italian
- Polish
- Portuguese*
- Russian
- Spanish
Please make sure that the feature is supported on your platform.
You can use the formal/informal feature for text translation in the web translator, the desktop apps, and the DeepL for iOS app. It is not available yet in the DeepL for Android app and in the browser extensions.
You can use the formal/informal feature for document translations in the desktop apps. This feature is not yet supported for the translation of whole files in the web translator.
The feature is supported for text and document translations in our API for CAT tools, so CAT tool providers can implement support for this feature in their software.
*
Portuguese (all Portuguese varieties excluding Brazilian Portuguese) and Portuguese (Brazilian).