Language pickers

If your survey offers multiple languages and you allow respondents to select their language, there are two ways to do this.

1. You can enable the In-Survey Picker in the Translations applet to let them select their language throughout the survey.
2. You can use the language picker tag on a radio or pulldown question so respondents can select their preferred language before they begin.

Regardless of the language chosen, the recorded data is stored in the same survey location.

In-Survey Picker

If a respondent's country has multiple languages in the Translations applet, first make sure all translations have been uploaded and applied to the latest published version. Once the translations are ready, toggle the In-Survey Picker column to "on."

If a country has multiple languages enabled in the In-Survey Picker column, a language menu appears in the bottom right corner. For example, respondents from China would see options for Chinese and English.

Once selected, the respondent sees that language for the remainder of the survey, unless a different language is chosen at a later question.

'language picker' tag

To let respondents select their survey language before starting, apply language picker: y to a radio or pulldown question. Then, for multi-country studies, add a condition decorator with base_country to display only relevant languages to the respondent.

Using again the example above, only China has two languages offered. Here is how a language picker variable could be programmed.

LANGUAGE. What language would you like to take the survey in? 您希望以哪种语言参与调查？
type: radio
language picker: y
chi-1. 简体中文 {if $base_country eq 'cn'}
eng-2. English {if $base_country eq 'cn'}

Details

• Make sure all translations have been uploaded and applied to the latest published version.
• The respondent's country must be included in each relevant translation. In the example, China must be added to both eng-2 (English) and chi-1 (Chinese).
• Option IDs for language picker: y must match the translation key values in the survey. These values are found in the Translation Key column in the Translations applet.
• For multi-country studies, add conditions to show only the relevant languages per country.