How can I have Albert content translated?

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.

Currently, only administrators can enable Spanish translations. If you are a teacher looking for Spanish translations, we recommend connecting directly with your admin.

What Translations Are and Where They Appear

When enabled, students can toggle between English and Spanish versions of questions within a student assignment only. Translations are not currently available in Independent Practice.

How to Enable Translations (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.

Teacher View and Messaging

Teachers will see a message during assignment creation if:

Their school has enabled translations.
The assignment includes questions from translatable subjects.

Subjects Included at Launch

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
Test Prep (SAT® , ACT®, AP®, State Exams, and 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

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

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™

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.