Overview
With support for over 90 languages, Blink's content translation feature ensures that Feed posts, comments, and pages are accessible in your preferred language.
On-demand translation: Tap a button to translate content whenever you need it.
Automatic translation: Optionally, administrators can enable automatic translations for certain clients, making content instantly accessible in your preferred language without any action required.
For more information about enabling this feature, please contact our Support team.
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Feature overview: On-demand vs. Automatic translation
On-demand translation
With On-Demand Translation, you control when content is translated. Tap the View Translation button on Feed posts, comments, or pages to see content in your preferred language.
Automatic translation
If your organisation has enabled this option, content will be automatically translated into your preferred language whenever a post, comment, or page is detected in a different language. The View Original button will allow you to switch back to the original language.
Getting started
To enable this feature for your organisation:
Confirm your consent to allow content to be sent to Microsoft for translation.
Contact Support to activate On-demand or Automatic translation for your team.
Setting your preferred language
To ensure translations align with your preferences, set your language on each device you use.
Mobile
Open your settings and go to Language settings.
Select Translation language.
Search for and choose your preferred language.
Tap Done to save.
Desktop
Go to Settings and click on Preferences.
Scroll down and select your language from the Translation language dropdown.
Using content translation
On-demand translation
Feed: Tap the View translation button below a post or comment written in a different language to translate it.
Pages: Tap the View translation button at the top of a page in the Hub to translate it.
Automatic translation
If enabled for your organisation:
Feed posts, comments, and pages will be automatically translated into your preferred language.
A View original button will appear, allowing you to toggle back to the original content.
Supported languages
Translation from:
Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Central Khmer, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese and Welsh.
Translation into:
Blink can translate into any language supported by Microsoft Translator. For the latest list of supported languages, visit the Microsoft Support site.
If your language is missing, let us know! Contact Support to share your request.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Is my data secure? | Because we use a Microsoft service to translate, any data pertaining to this feature would be managed by their policies. Please read the confidentiality documentation.
You can also read Microsoft’s corporate privacy statement. |
Why don’t I see the translation button or automatic translations? | There are several reasons:
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What if my language isn’t supported? | While we rely on Microsoft’s language support, we’re eager to hear from you if your language is missing. Share your request with our Support team! |