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From: Wee, Kim (MNIT)
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2020 9:00AM
Subject: Website automatic translation tools
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It's my understanding that some website automatic translation tools are doing a better job at translating content on a page however, are there any out there that produce accessible translation?

Kim Wee, CPWA, DHS Certified Trusted Tester v5
Webmaster and Digital Accessibility Coordinator | Operations Team
Minnesota IT Services | Partnering with Education
1500 Highway 36
Roseville, MN 55113
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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Wed, Jan 22 2020 10:13AM
Subject: Re: [External Sender] Website automatic translation tools
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Assuming that translation means simply replacing text in one language with
text in another language, then it should be fine, since accessibility is
primarily in the markup. For instance

<button>French Text</button> to <button>German Text</button> or

<img alt="French Text" /> to <img alt="German Text"/>

The important thing is ensuring that there is perceivable text for all
meaningful and/or interactive elements, and that there are translations for
all these texts.

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> doing a better job at translating content on a page however, are there any
> out there that produce accessible translation?
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From: Graham Armfield
Date: Thu, Jan 23 2020 1:52AM
Subject: Re: [External Sender] Website automatic translation tools
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You'd also want to ensure that the page language is indicated correctly -
using the lang attribute. This helps screen readers voice the text with the
correct pronunciation.

So using Brian's example:

<html lang="fr"> needs to become <html lang="de">.


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From: Wee, Kim (MNIT)
Date: Thu, Jan 23 2020 5:30AM
Subject: Re: [External Sender] Website automatic translation tools
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What about if I wanted to add a tool that automatically translates the page on my website - such as Google translate? Is there a tool that adds the language tag to the page text automatically?

Kim Wee, CPWA, DHS Certified Trusted Tester v5
Webmaster and Digital Accessibility Coordinator | Operations Team
Minnesota IT Services | Partnering with Education
1500 Highway 36
Roseville, MN 55113
O: 651-582-8548
Information Technology for Minnesota Government | mn.gov/mnit