[Patentpractice] How do I get the good machine translation of a Chinese patent from Espacenet?

[Timothy Snowden]

I got there by going to Google Patents and then clicking the "Espacenet" 
link. Beyond that, I always struggle remembering what the different 
'espacenet' vs EPO register vs EPO global dossier systems do/mean

On 10/28/2025 4:30 PM, David Boundy wrote:
> Grrr.   Yes, that's definitely different than where I am now.  How do 
> I get there?
>
> I hate software taht has this kind of gotcha.
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM Timothy Snowden via Patentpractice 
> <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>
>     BTW - you have to click on the part you want to generate the
>     translation for. Abstract shows by default, you have to click on
>     the left for the "Description" or "Claims" to translate those
>     separately.
>
>     On 10/28/2025 4:24 PM, Timothy Snowden wrote:
>>
>>     I just confirmed on Edge -- not sure if it may be that you're on
>>     a different part of the several different EPO portals
>>
>>     Here's a screenshot:
>>
>>     On 10/28/2025 4:12 PM, David Boundy via Patentpractice wrote:
>>>     I can get the instant translate.  But it's almost illegible.  I
>>>     want the "latest technology" translation that takes a minute or
>>>     two.  I think I'm following the directions:
>>>
>>>     First choose the part you want to translate. I went to the CN
>>>     patent I want to translate, and then in the two rows I select
>>>     "Original Document" and "Description"
>>>
>>>     Select the target language and then click the red patent
>>>     translate button. At the top right corner, I select "English V" 
>>>     But I don't see a "red patent translate button" anywhere.
>>>
>>>
>>>     I've tried a bunch of different things, but I can't get a "red
>>>     patent translate button"  (I'd be content with blue too.  Blue
>>>     is my favorite color.) I can get the "red patent translate
>>>     button" for the front page bibliographic data, but when I click
>>>     on "Description" or "Original document" the "red patent
>>>     translate button" disappears.  How do I get to a "patent
>>>     translate button" (of any color) for the "Description?"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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