translate

The translate tag can be applied to survey elements to give instructions on how the elements should be translated. In addition to accepting 'y' or 'n' as input, Survey Programmers (SPs) can specify the languages for which a survey element should be translated.

Syntax

The translate tag or decorator can accept 'y' or 'n' inputs (defaulting to 'y') or language codes to specify which languages a survey element should be translated into.

To alter whether a survey element should be translated or not

translate: y | n

To specify languages to translate a survey element for

translate: languagecode1, languagecode2, ...

Examples

Tag

For survey elements (questions, variables, set lists) that should not be translated, add the translate tag and set the value to 'n', or to specify a language or group of languages, specify the language codes.

USE. Programming Variable - Products Used
type: checkbox
selectby: condition
optsfrom: PRODUCTS
translate: n

Decorator

The translate decorator works in the same manner as the translate tag. For options that should not be translated, add  translate: n as a decorator, or to specify a language or group of languages, specify the language codes.

2. A question that will be translated.
type: radio
1. French fries
2. Gravy
99. An option that will not be translated {translate: n}

Specifying languages

If a question only needs to be translated for a specific language, or set of languages, specify which languages via their language codes.

3. Which of the following countries have you visited?
type: checkbox
translate: fre, frc, spa, spn
1. USA
2. Canada
3. Puerto Rico
4. Mexico

Specifying languages restricts the software to translating an instance of a text into the specified languages. If there is another exact instance of the text elsewhere in the survey, there might be conflicting translation instructions. To resolve this, either remove the tag to allow translations for all languages or apply unchain: y on the question where the new translation is needed.