Do you teach multicultural classes or students whose parents are non-native speakers? Discussion and Inbox AI Translation features can help overcome language barriers in student-to-student and teacher-to-parent communication.
Discussion Translation allows all students to translate Discussion threads, including the topic and replies. This helps students better understand the conversation, leading to greater involvement and engagement.
Inbox Translation enables you to translate composed Inbox messages before sending them, which is particularly useful when communicating with non-native speaking parents.
At launch, 10 languages are available to translate, and we are going to add more languages over time. The languages available are:
- Catalan
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Portugese (Brazil)
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
How Discussion Translation Works
When this feature option is enabled, users will have the ability to translate discussion replies by clicking on the Open Translate button. After that, they need to select a language from the available language list and click Translate.
After a successful translation, the discussion topic and all replies will be translated, showing both the original and translated text.
How Inbox Translation Works
When this feature option is enabled, users composing a new Inbox message will see an "Include translated version of this message" option. Enabling this option will display a language selector next to the Translate button, allowing users to choose the desired language and specify whether the translated version should appear first or second. After a successful translation, the sent message will include the translated version.
How You Can Help
Enable the Discussion Translation and/or Inbox Translation features and give us feedback! We would be interested in your use cases and your impression of the quality of translation! Join the discussion and let us know!
