True Multilingual Support
The world is indeed becoming a smaller and smaller place and so Recollective has again expanded its international reach and appeal by adding true multilingual support to its platform.
We’ve always supported multiple languages for the interface, but it’s now possible for researchers to input translated text into the same field, on same form, and have Recollective automatically personalize the experience for each participant.
True multilingual support avoids the unwanted clutter of duplicated introductions, instructions and labels. It ultimately streamlines the experience, improves usability and thus boosts response rates. It also ensures that cloning studies for translation is no longer necessary. You can avoid splitting up study participants based on language when every voice should be heard together. This is particularly relevant in geographies that have more than one official language.
Recollective’s new multilingual capability applies to all key areas, including the site name, study name, screening questions, study overview, activities, tasks, discussions and more. Every aspect of the participant experience can be experienced in the person’s native language with freedom to even switch languages at will.
Once enabled, you will see a language indicator in each field that can be translated. This is only seen by the study administrators. A language code appears as shown to remind you which language is being edited. A menu lets you quickly toggle between the languages you chose to support. A green dot indicates that a translation has been provided for that field so it’s easy to track your progress.

Enabling Multilingual Support
Each study can now be configured with a default language which differs from the site’s primary language. To enable multilingual support, simply visit Study Settings and then select Basic Configuration. By selecting “Advanced Options” below Default Language, a new drop-down will appear labeled Multilingual Support. From here you select the additional languages you plan to support in that study.
