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On-demand translation
On-demand translation

Language options we support to help make Blink approachable for everyone

Updated over 10 months ago

Introduction

With support for over 90 languages, On-demand translation makes Feed posts, comments and pages accessible to all. At the tap of a button, posts, comments, and pages will be rapidly translated into the language you're most comfortable reading.

This is an optional add-on feature available for an additional charge.

Please contact support for more information.

In this article

Getting set up

We've partnered with Microsoft to provide your team with accurate translations. To get this feature set up for your organization, we need you to confirm that you're happy to send this content to Microsoft for translation. Please contact support to enable this feature.

Selecting your language

If you use Blink across multiple devices, you need to set up your preferred language on each.

Mobile

  1. From your settings page, press on Language settings.

  2. Select Translation language

  3. Search for and select your preferred language from the list.

  4. Tap done to save your changes.

On Desktop

  1. From your settings page, click on Preferences.

  2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select your language from the Translation language dropdown.

Using the feature

Feed

Once an administrator has enabled translations for your organization, you will see the "View translation" button underneath feed posts and comments where we've been able to identify a language that is not your preferred language. Tap on this button to translate.
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Pages

Once an administrator has enabled translations for your organization, you will see the "View translation" button at the top of pages in the Hub when we identify that the page is not in your preferred language. Tap on this button to translate the page.

What languages can you translate 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.

What languages can you translate into?

At the time of writing, Microsoft, who provides our translations, supported over 90 languages.

Please head over to the Microsoft Support site to find out what languages are supported.

Unfortunately, we are unable to support new languages without their support. However, if your language is missing from the list, please do let us know. Tell us what language you'd like adding.

Feature FAQs

Is my data private and 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 can't I see the "View translation" button?

There are several reasons that you may not be able to see the button.

  • Your organization has not enabled this feature.

  • Admins can opt to allow and not allow translation per page in the Hub.

  • We were unable to detect the language used in the original. This is usually due to the text being too short.

  • The language appears to be in the same language that your account is set to translate content into.

  • The post, comment or page was created before your organization enabled On-demand translation.

My language is not listed.

At the time of writing, Microsoft, who provides our translations, supported over 90 languages. We are unable to support new languages without their support. However, if your language is missing from the list, please do let us know. Tell us what language you'd like adding.

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