> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getversive.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Languages & translations

> Run one study in up to 20 languages with AI translation

Versive can automatically translate your entire study — all questions, plus the welcome, thank-you, and screen-out messages — into 20 languages:

Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

## Language settings

Configure languages in **Settings → Languages** (editable while building the study):

| Setting                 | Description                                                                                                |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Default language**    | The language the study was written in.                                                                     |
| **Supported languages** | The languages participants can switch between while taking the study.                                      |
| **Starting language**   | The language participants see first when they open the study. Falls back to the default language if unset. |

### Per-link language override

You can also set the starting language per link by appending `?lang=<code>` to the study URL — handy when you're sending different language cohorts their own links:

```
https://getversive.com/s/your-study-id?lang=de
```

## Reviewing translations

AI translations are editable: review any question's translated text and adjust wording where needed. Manually edited translations are tracked so re-translating the study won't overwrite your edits. Translation status per language is visible while the study translates in the background.

Question media assets can also have **per-language variants**, so German participants can see a German screenshot while French participants see a French one.

## Translations via the API

You can trigger translation and manage translated question text programmatically — see [Translate a study](/api-reference/studies/translate-study) and the [Translated Questions endpoints](/api-reference/translated-questions/list-translated-questions).