Dynamic translation on forms and activity streams
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- UpdatedJun 24, 2024
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For a seamless localization experience on forms and activity streams, you can dynamically translate text based on the preferred language of a user.
Dynamic translation on forms
You can translate the field values on forms on the Now Platform and the configurable workspaces. For more information on Dynamic Translation support for configurable workspaces, see Dynamic Translation support for configurable workspace.
To enable dynamic translation at the field-level on Platform forms, see Enable dynamic translation for a field. After dynamic translation is enabled, select the translate icon (
) to show or hide the translated content.
Dynamic translation in activity streams
You can enable dynamic translation in activity streams on the Now Platform, configurable workspace, and Service Portal. For more information on Dynamic Translation support for configurable workspaces, see Dynamic Translation support for configurable workspace.
Use the dynamic translation properties to enable or prevent the option for dynamic translation in the activity stream of the tables you list. When enabled, select the translate icon () to show or hide the translated content for each comment or work note in the activity stream. For more information, see Dynamic Translation properties.
Length limitations for translation service providers
- For Microsoft, the input text for translation cannot have more than 10,000 characters including spaces. And the limit for the input text for detection is 50,000. For more information, see the Microsoft Documentation.
- For IBM, the size of the input text cannot exceed 50KB. For more
information, see the IBM Documentation.
Important: IBM has announced the deprecation of the IBM Watson Translator Service for IBM Cloud in all regions. As of June 10, 2023, the Language Translator tile will be removed from the IBM Cloud Platform for new customers; only existing customers will be able to access the product. As of June 10, 2024, the service will reach its End of Support date. As of December 10, 2024, the service will be withdrawn entirely and will no longer be available to any customers. For more information, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/language-translator?topic=language-translator-release-notes.
- For Google, the recommended maximum length of each request is 5,000 characters. The maximum size of the input text cannot exceed 30,000 code points. For more information, see the Google Documentation.