autotranslate tag

When fielding translated surveys, open-ended responses may be in languages other than the primary survey language. To automatically translate these responses using AI translations, apply the autotranslate tag.

Translate into the survey's primary language

app config
autotranslate: y

Translate into specific language(s)

app config
autotranslate: german, russian, portuguese

Details

• The autotranslate tag can be applied to individual questions or the entire survey via the app config widget.
• The autotranslate tag permits the use of 'y' and 'n', input, or a specific language/set of languages. Put the languages in a comma-separated list (e.g., autotranslate: english, german, spanish.
  • Using autotranslate: y translates the respondent input to the survey's primary language.
  • If listing specific languages, the respondent input will be translated into those specific languages, which may or may not include your survey's primary language.
• The languages available are listed in the 'language' column, specified here.
• When autotranslate is applied, new fields are added to the survey dataset for the translated text, while the original data remains unchanged. These new fields are labeled 'QX_lang' where 'X' is the question ID and 'lang' is the target language. For each specified language, the system creates a corresponding  '_lang' field to store the translated content.
• Translations occur only for data received while the tag is active. Be sure to include all languages for which autotranslate should occur before your survey is in field as retroactive translating is not available.