This is particularly valuable for highly regulated industries like legal, healthcare, and finance, where mistranslations can lead to compliance risks.
Device(s): Desktop
Role(s): This feature is enabled by default for Admin role and can be granted to any user through the manual translations editor role
Add Manual Translation to Updates, Shout-outs or Value Updates
To add manual translation, type your message, then click the three dots (…) in the posting window:
Select "Translations" from the menu:
- We automatically detect and set the default language based on the original text
- If no original text is entered, the user's profile language is used as the default language
- You can manually change the default language at any time from the translation menu
Click "Add Language" to include additional languages:
For each new language added, Workvivo generates an automatic real-time translation; you can then review and edit the translation manually to ensure accuracy:
For enhanced accessibility, all manually added translations will be visible directly as a label on the original post (only visible to the author):
Edit a Manual Translation
You can edit the manually added translations for an published post. To do so, from the Edit Post menu, click + icon and select Translations:
Choose the language you'd like to edit, and make your changes directly in the translation window:
Please note that editing a translation won't automatically update the content for the rest of the manually added translations. You would need to edit content for each language separately.
Delete a Manual Translation or Set it as the Default Language
To delete a translation or set it as the default language, open the Translations' menu from the post and locate the specific language you want to update.
Click the three dots (…) next to that language.
Choose “Delete” to remove the translation, or “Make Default” to set it as the post’s default language:
Please contact your Workvivo Customer Support Expert to enable this feature for your organization or to learn more about how it works.