Spanish translations are available for most subjects in the student assignment view. This feature is designed to support multilingual learners by reducing language barriers and improving access to academic content.
Administrators must enable Spanish translations so that teachers and students can access them. If you are a teacher who would like Spanish translations enabled, we recommend contacting your administrator directly.
How do Spanish translations on Albert work
When enabled by administrators at the school level, students can toggle between English and Spanish versions of questions in independent practice. Students can also toggle between languages in assignments where teachers have additionally enabled translation access.
How to Enable Translations at Your School (Admins Only)
Go to your Admin Dashboard.
Click on the School Accounts tab.
Click Edit Settings.
Turn on the Spanish translations toggle under Language Settings.
Click Save.
How to Enable Translations on an Assignment
By default, students will not have access to translations in assignments. To give students access to translations, toggle Allow Translations when creating an assignment from the Assignment Builder or editing an existing assignment.
You can enable translation access for all classes, specific classes, or specific students by customizing settings.
Note: If the assignment does not contain translatable questions OR if an admin has not enabled translation access, teachers will not be able to allow translation access in assignment settings.
Subjects with Spanish Translations
Translations are available for most subjects, with a few exceptions. In-app Spanish translations are currently unavailable for the following subjects:
World Languages
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Spelling
English Language Proficiency Exams
Important Notes for Your Students
Students must answer certain questions in English, even if they view the question in Spanish. Students are clearly messaged when this is the case.
For question types like snippet select and passage correction, students must toggle back to English to interact with the question. Tooltips and guidance will appear to help them navigate these differences.
Want to see what this looks like for students? Check out our student guide to using Spanish translations.
What about using browser-based translations?
Before Albert offered built-in Spanish translations, some teachers supported students by using tools like Google Chrome's built-in translate feature or Google Translate™. While we now offer native Spanish translations on assignments, these browser-based tools are still great options, especially if your students need translation in languages other than Spanish.
To learn more, select the option below that works best for you.
Using Google Chrome
Using Google Chrome
Go to the Albert page you want to read aloud and right-click on a blank spot on the screen. Click the option that says Translate to English.
A pop-up will appear below your search bar, and you can select your preferred language:
If you would like to have the content read aloud, turn on Select-to-speak by following the instructions outlined in this video.
Using Microsoft Edge
Using Microsoft Edge
In the address bar of Microsoft Edge, click on the translation button. You can select your preferred language and then click Translate.
If you would like to have the content read aloud, turn on Immersive Reader by following the instructions outlined here.
Note: You may need to add your preferred language to your Microsoft Edge language setting to translate Albert's content.
Using Google Translate™
Using Google Translate™
Google Translate™ enables you and your students to translate an entire webpage, phrase, or a single word to a multitude of different languages.
Getting Set Up
Read more about the Google Translate™ Chrome extension and add it to your or your student's browser.
Click the Add to Chrome button in the top right of the webpage and then the Add Extension button in the subsequent pop-up window.
You'll now find the extension shortcut to the right of the search bar on your Google Chrome browser.
Entire Page Translation
To translate all of the text on a page, click on the extension shortcut to the right of the search bar; it is the blue icon with a white "G." This will cause the following popup.
From here, click Translate this Page to have the entire page translated to your selected primary language. This toolbar will appear at the top of your page, allowing you to toggle back and forth between the selected language and the original language of the page.
Phrase and Single Word Translation
After adding the Google Translate™ extension to your browser, you can double click on a word or drag your cursor over a phrase. Click on the extension shortcut to the right of the search bar; it is the blue icon with a white "G." This will cause the following popup.
Customization
Customizing this Chrome Extension is straightforward and gives you two customization options. To navigate to this menu, click on the extension shortcut to the right of the search bar and click Extension Options in the resulting pop-up.
In this window, you can...
Set your primary language to dictate which language selected content will be translated to.
Select how you want to interact with the single-word and phrase translations. The default is to have an icon pop up when you highlight text, but if you know you are going to use this feature often, we recommend selecting the option to Immediately display popup to save yourself a click in seeing the text translation.
Disclaimer: Google Translate™ is a registered trademark of Google LLC, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse Albert.