Tech Tips for Translating Languages

Sept. 2025

• How to Change Caption Language in Zooms
• AI Use for Translation - Be careful!
• How to Change the Language in Microsoft Documents

• How to Change the Language in Chrome & Google Docs
• How to Use the Translate Feature in Immersive Reader in Canvas
• How to Guides: .pdf & Videos in Multiple Languages

• Language Interpreter Support: FAQ
• ML Scholar Check & Connect Form
• ML Support Team & Office Hours

Warning: Using AI for translation for your assignments may cause Plagiarism Checkers to flag your work as not your own ideas. Therefore, your teachers may think that you did not complete your work yourself but had AI create it instead.

Click here for directions in multiple languages: How to Change Captions in Zoom

Right click > Translate > Language > choose whole document or selected text

All three browsers use a similar method to change the language on the page. Play around a bit with each browser to determine differences.

Please Note: Make sure you click "Always translate to ____" if you want every page to automatically translate.

3 dots in upper right corner > translate > choose language

FWPS's Technology Resources Page has a drop-down list of topics with links to translated "how to" documents!

Q: How do schools know if I need an interpreter for phone calls and/or Zooms?

A: When you enroll in a school, you complete a Home Language Survey. Please check the box, "Interpreter Needed" in the Parent/Guardian question on the form.

Need a translated Home Language Survey?

Click on the link and then on the drop-down menu: Home Language Surveys in Multiple Languages

Q: How do I change my Home Language Survey?

A: Contact the school office and ask them for a NEW Home Language Survey. Say, "I need to change my Home Language Survey. Could I get a new form?"

Q: Do teachers and staff know I need an interpreter AND know how to call one?

A: Yes, if you have checked "Interpreter Needed" on the Home Language Survey. All teachers and staff have been trained on how to request and use an interpreter.

Q: What if a teacher or someone from the school calls me in English?

A: Say, "Please call me back with an interpreter".

Q: What if a teacher or someone from the school calls and leaves a messages in English?

A: Call the phone # back. Say, "This is (your name). Could you please call me back with an interpreter? My phone number is (________). Thank you."

Q: What if I am in Zoom for SLC's or a conference but there isn't an interpreter present?

A: Say, "Could you please have an interpreter enter the Zoom so I can understand?"

Q: Can my scholar or someone else in my family interpret for me?

A: No, schools are only allowed to use trained interpreters from our schools or agencies. There are several problematic concerns: student's well-being, student's accuracy, confidentiality, bias or misunderstanding, lack of training, and/or civil rights/legal issues.

Q: What if I can speak a some English and want to communicate in English, but I also want an interpreter on the call in case I do not understand something.

A: That's great! Please tell the interpreter and the person you are talking to this information.