{"id":7515,"date":"2024-02-02T13:04:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/123formbuilder.polarbuildingcleaning.net\/blog\/?p=7515"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:04:30","slug":"how-to-translate-a-google-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/123formbuilder.polarbuildingcleaning.net\/blog\/how-to-translate-a-google-form","title":{"rendered":"How to Translate a Google Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Google Forms can be used for various types of forms. No matter your use case, there might be cases where your respondents speak a different language than the one you designed the form for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your first instinct would be to create different forms, one for each language, but we can all agree this is not a time-saving approach. The good news is that a Google Form<\/a> can be translated into multiple languages. You can find a list<\/a> of all available languages that Google currently supports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the moment, you can not directly create a multi-language Google Form. In this article, we want to show you a workaround for creating a multi-language Google Form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to translate your Google Form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your Google Form can be easily translated in a few steps using Google Translate. Below, you can find the necessary steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Open the form you are interested in<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Right-click anywhere on the form<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Click on Translate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Select the language you want to translate the form into<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Click Translate. Voila, your form is now translated into the language you selected. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    How to translate your 123FormBuilder form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    While translating a Google Form can be as easy as a breeze, you rely on Google Translate to do the entire job. The translations are not accurate in some instances and when no context is provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    With 123FormBuilder, you are sure that you have complete control over the translation of your form – from the field labels & instructions down to buttons on the form and error messages<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Let\u2019s go together through a quick walkthrough of the Languages<\/strong> section for our Contact form. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After creating your form in the main language of the form, go to the Set up<\/strong> -> Languages section<\/strong>. From this section, you can add new languages to your form, choose the default language of the form & provide the translations for every text shown on your form. Some advanced features are importing translations from another form<\/a> or exporting the translations to a CSV, but we will take them one by one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Adding a second language on the form<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    After going to the Languages<\/strong> section on the left side of the page, you will notice the default language<\/strong> of the form is English. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You can add another language by clicking on the plus button, highlighted in the image below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    After clicking the plus sign, a modal opens up with all the languages available in 123FormBuilder. You can scroll in the modal to search for your desired language or simply use the search bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Let\u2019s say we also want to have the form in Spanish. Select Spanish and click OK<\/strong>. You will notice a couple of changes that have taken place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Espanol is added as an additional language on the form in the left sidebar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. A drop-down appeared on the form – this dropdown is useful for respondents as they can use it to choose the language they are interested in.  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      Here is where the work starts: you must provide the translations for all the text from your form. To do that, hover over the language you want to modify, in our case, Espanol.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Each language has some options available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n