You can customize the messaging and buttons of your form and its UI to say whatever you would like in any language.
You can create, edit, and manage all of your translations in your Account Settings, or from in the Theme & Appearance section while editing any form.
- From the dashboard: Click the avatar icon in the top right, then head to Account Settings → Translations.
- From the form editor: Click the "Theme & Appearance" button at the top of the left sidebar, then select "Translations."
This menu can be used to translate your forms to another language, but you can also use a translation to change the wording of certain elements on your English-language form.
Creating a new translation
You can create a new translation from Account Settings or while editing for a specific form. The translation will be saved to your account either way, so you can apply the same setting to any form in the future.
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From either translations menu, select "Add Translation."
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Enter a "Translation Title." This is only for your own reference and does not appear on the form.
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Select a "Translation Language." If your form is in English and you're just changing the wording of some element(s), you still need to select "English" from the dropdown menu.
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(Optional) If you select "YES" for RTL, then all messaging, questions, and answers for forms will be set to RTL.
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(Optional) Choose the appropriate character subsets from the "Font subsets" dropdown if your language requires any.
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Scroll down to "General Translations." The left column shows the default wording for various elements, and the translations or preferred wording can be entered on the right.
If your form is in English, you can leave the left side blank to stick with the default wording. If it is in a different language, we recommend translating everything.
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When finished, select "Create Translation." The translation will appear in your list of Account Translations.
If the button says "Please answer all required questions," then you need to scroll up and either enter a Translation Title or select a Translation Language. If you're just changing the wording of an English-language form, you still have to open the dropdown menu and select "English."
Editing and deleting translations
You can edit any translation using the "Edit" button in the form editor, or via the pencil icon from Account Settings.
To delete a translation, edit it and then select "Delete Translation" at the bottom.
Keep in mind that changes to a translation setting will affect all forms that are currently using it, even if you are in the editor for a specific form.
Selecting a translation for your form
From within the form editor (Theme & Appearance → Translations → Edit translations), click the "Use" button to apply a specific translation to your form.
Setting a default translation for new forms
From Account Settings → Translations, click "Make default" to change the default translation setting for new forms in the future.
Gotchas
- Translations only include text which you can't already edit in a different part of the form editor. For example; the submit button text can be changed under Theme & Appearance → UI Elements → Submit Button, and so you won't find the word "Submit" in your translation settings.
- If you would like your whole form to be in a different language, you will need to type out all the content including questions and text in your form the desired language.