One Custom Code item per page
Each page of a multi-page form loads on its own, so add the Widget Code after every Page Break. The respondent's language carries over from page to page.
Form Editor›Formatting Items›Custom Code
Formsite forms & surveys One Custom Code item
Translate your Formsite forms and surveys into 187+ languages
Let every respondent read your questions, choices and instructions in their own language, while all the answers land in one Formsite results table. No copy of the form per language, no merging spreadsheets afterwards.
- Free plan, no card needed
- Answers saved as entered
- AI + human translation
187+languages, including right-to-left
~4 minto add to a form in the Form Editor
1form and results table for every language
$0to start on the Free plan
Driving growth for companies with millions of users
Before you start
On Formsite, the code lives inside the form
Formsite has no form-wide setting for scripts. Code is added as a Custom Code item, which is part of the form like any question. Three things follow from that.
The code goes in the form, not your website
An embedded Formsite form runs in an iframe from formsite.com. With the Widget Code inside the form, it translates itself wherever it's shown, on formsite.com or on your website.
Share›Embed Code
Use a Custom success page
To translate your thank-you page as well, use a Custom format Success Page and paste the Widget Code into its HTML with the text editor turned off.
Form Settings›Success Pages
- Page 1Consent and introCustom Code item at the top.Translated
- Page 2Survey questionsSame Custom Code item after the Page Break.Translated
- Page 3About youSame Custom Code item again.Translated
- Formsite pageOrder Summary, loginGenerated by Formsite, using your Custom Text wording.Test in each language
- LastSuccess PageCustom format with the Widget Code in its HTML.Translated
How it works
Add SiteTran to a Formsite form in three steps
These steps match the current Formsite Form Editor, with its Build, Style and Rules panels.
1
Create your SiteTran site
Sign up free, add your form's address and pick your languages. SiteTran gives you your Widget Code, which adds the language dropdown to your form.
2
Add a Custom Code item
In Formsite, click Edit on your form. In the Build panel, open Formatting Items and drag Custom Code to the top of the form. Paste all three lines into Code and click Save. Repeat on each page.
Form Editor›Build›Formatting Items›Custom Code
3
Translate and go live
Click View Form, choose a language and walk through every page. SiteTran discovers your text as it appears. Translate it with AI, your own translators, or both, then publish.
What the Widget Code looks like
<script>var sitetran = {site_id: your_site_id};</script> <script src="//c.sitetran.com/widget/v3.js"></script> <div id="sitetran_translate_element"></div>
SiteTran gives you your own ready-to-paste code, with your site ID already in it. The div is where the language dropdown is created.
Put the dropdown at the top
By default the dropdown floats in the bottom-left corner. In SiteTran's Dropdown Style, choose Relative positioning and it sits exactly where your Custom Code item is, so respondents see it before the first question.
Positioning the Language Dropdown on your Site →Copy it to every page quickly
Hover the Custom Code item and use Copy, then drag the copy below each Page Break. For several forms, the Copy From Other Form item block brings items in from a form you've already set up.
Not the Header/Footer
Formsite's Header/Footer repeats on every page, which sounds ideal, but Formsite says its text editor doesn't allow most script tags. Custom Code items are the supported place for scripts.
Built for surveys
Respondents read their language. Your results stay comparable.
A multilingual survey is only useful if every answer can be analyzed together. SiteTran changes what respondents see and leaves what they submit alone.
Translated for respondents
Everything on the form page
SiteTran watches each page as it loads and as it changes, so text that appears later is translated too.
- Questions, Heading and Description Text items, help text and consent statements
- Radio, checkbox and dropdown choices, matrix rows and scale columns, ranking and rating rows
- Required-field notes and validation messages as they appear
- Previous, Next and Submit buttons and the page progress text
- Placeholders, image alt text and the labels screen readers use, plus the page's
langattribute
Left exactly as submitted
Everything that goes into Results
Formsite records multiple-choice answers by choice, not by the words on screen, so a translated label never changes your data.
- Typed answers are saved exactly as typed, in whatever language the respondent used
- Choices are stored as the choices you wrote, in your form's language
- Hidden Fields and pre-populated values are not touched
Results Wellbeing survey
| # | Safe at night | One change | Lang |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1041 | Agree | More evening bus routes | en |
| 1042 | Agree | Más luz en el parque | es |
Optional
Record the language of each response
Want to compare answers by language, or reply in the respondent's language? Store the language code in a Formsite Hidden Field, like the Lang column above.
- Add a Hidden Field and set its default value to your form's language code, such as
en. - Find the field's input id in your browser's inspector. Formsite uses ids like
RESULT_TextField-7. - Use the Widget Code shown here, with your site ID and field id, in the Custom Code item on the page that holds the Hidden Field.
Widget Code with language capture
<script> var sitetran = { site_id: your_site_id, language_change_function: function (language_code) { var f = document.getElementById('RESULT_TextField-7'); if (f) f.value = language_code; } }; </script> <script src="//c.sitetran.com/widget/v3.js"></script> <div id="sitetran_translate_element"></div>
Test one response per language and check the Results table before you launch.
Built for Formsite
How SiteTran handles each Formsite feature
Formsite forms do a lot more than collect names. Here's what happens with rules, piping, order forms, notifications and the rest.
Rules and branching
Item and page Rules keep working as you built them. Items that Rules show or hide are translated when they appear, and skipped pages are simply never shown.
Piping and reference numbers
A question such as "Thanks, [pipe:3]. How was your visit?" shows a different name to every respondent. Turn it into one phrase with a {{variable}}, and use Automatic Number Variables for reference numbers and scores.
Order forms and payments
Product names, pricing items, coupon messages and running totals on your form pages are translated, so respondents know exactly what they're ordering before they pay.
Notification emails
With the response language in a Hidden Field, create one confirmation Notification per language in Formsite and use its Conditional logic, so every respondent gets an email in their language.
Custom Text
Formsite's Custom Text page sets one wording for built-in labels and messages. Write those in your form's main language, and SiteTran translates them on your form pages like any other text.
Personal data on review pages
Piped answers and success pages can show names and contact details. Wrap pipe codes in an element with the notranslate class, or turn off Public Phrase Discovery so respondents' details never become phrases.
Who translates Formsite forms
Forms people need to understand to answer well
When someone can't read a question, they skip it, guess, or give up. A form in their own language gets more complete and more accurate answers.
Research and community surveys
Keep one questionnaire and one dataset. Lock your agreement scale in the Glossary so "Somewhat agree" is worded the same way in every question and every wave.
Event and program registration
Let international attendees, parents or volunteers register in their language, with one attendee list and one inventory count for every session.
Clinic and service intake
Have a native-speaking reviewer approve consent and medical wording before it goes live. Formsite no longer offers its HIPAA service to new customers, so check your compliance needs first.
HR and employee surveys
Run one engagement survey or job application for a multilingual workforce, and record each response's language to spot gaps between teams.
Compare your options
Every way to offer a Formsite form in more than one language
Formsite doesn't have a language switcher of its own. Its help articles describe copying the form per language, showing items by language with Rules, or adding a Google Translate dropdown. Here's how those compare with SiteTran.
| A copy per languageFormsite's suggested method | Google Translate dropdownPasted into Custom Code | SiteTranCustom Code item per page | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How it works | Copy the form, retype every question and choice, translate the system text on Custom Text, and send people to the right copy with a chooser form and Rules. | Google's website translator machine-translates the page when a visitor picks a language. | SiteTran shows your approved translations on the one form you already have. |
| Your results | A separate results table per copy, to export and merge before analysis. | One table. | One table. Choices are stored as written, typed answers as typed. |
| Changing a question | Edit every copy, and keep their Rules, Notifications and Success Pages in sync by hand. | Translated again automatically. | The changed text shows up in SiteTran ready to translate, or is translated automatically if you turn that on. |
| Quality control | Whatever you type. | Machine translation only, with no way to correct a wording. | Machine translation from DeepL, Google or OpenAI, with reviewers, approval, Glossary and Translation Rules. |
| Availability | Uses up a form slot per language on your Formsite plan. | Google has reduced support for the widget and points businesses to its paid Cloud Translation API. | Free plan to start. Unlimited languages and teammates on every plan. |
Thinking about switching form builders?
Some builders have form languages built in. Jotform's Form Languages setting adds translations of each field and its warning messages, with optional browser-language detection. Typeform offers multi-language forms with AI translation on some paid plans, for a set list of languages. Both mean rebuilding your Formsite forms, Rules and integrations elsewhere.
What about Weglot, ConveyThis and similar tools?
We found no Formsite guide from Weglot, ConveyThis, Bablic, Localize, Linguise or GTranslate. Like SiteTran, any of them would run inside the form itself. Weglot's plans include a fixed word allowance and 1 to 20 languages.
Formsite methods are from Formsite's help center and blog. Jotform, Typeform and Weglot details are from their own help and pricing pages, checked October 20, 2026. A copy per language still suits a form that needs very different content in each language.
Translation quality
Questions that mean the same thing in every language
In a survey, a small change in wording changes the answer. Start with machine translation, then have a fluent reviewer approve the questions that matter.
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Machine translation from DeepL, Google and OpenAI
Get suggestions for any phrase, or translate new phrases automatically. You choose whether they're approved automatically or reviewed first.
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Translators and reviewers per language
Invite a bilingual colleague or a professional translator for each language, and choose who can approve. Turn on AI Translation Review for a second opinion.
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Glossary, rules and translation memory
Fix the wording of your rating scale and program names in the Glossary, set Translation Rules that AI translation follows, such as formal "usted" in Spanish, and reuse past work with Similar Phrases.
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A language dropdown that fits your form
Choose from three dropdown types, with or without flags, and add your own CSS. Respondents are switched to their browser language automatically.
Translate your Formsite forms into 187+ languages
SpanishChinese (Simplified)VietnameseTagalogArabicFrenchKoreanRussianHaitian CreolePortuguese (Brazil)SomaliUkrainianHindiGermanJapaneseHebrew+ 170 more
Search and sharing
What about SEO for translated forms?
Most forms are reached through a link, an email or your website, not from search results. Here's what SiteTran translates on the form, and where language URLs make sense.
Included as soon as you install
Titles, link previews and accessibility
When a respondent switches language, more than the visible text changes.
- The browser tab title of the form page
- Meta descriptions and Open Graph tags when they're present
- Image alt text, placeholders and ARIA labels
- The page's
langattribute, so screen readers use the right voice
Where language URLs belong
Rank the page that holds the form
A Formsite form keeps one address on formsite.com for every language, which is ideal for sharing links. If search traffic matters, translate the page on your own website that embeds or links to the form, and give it language URLs.
fs8.formsite.com/…/indexOne URL, every language
yourorg.org/es/registerYour site, indexable
For indexable language URLs on your own website, SiteTran's Static Translation API returns translated HTML for an address you serve, or use the SiteTran WordPress plugin if your site runs on WordPress.
Talk to us about your setupWant the walkthrough with screenshots?
Our Formsite integration guide shows each screen, from copying your Widget Code to viewing your translated form. Remember to keep all three lines of the code and add it to every page.
Troubleshooting
Formsite translation not working? Check these first
Most Formsite setup problems come down to a page without the code, or code that's on your website instead of in the form.
1The dropdown is only on the first page
- Each form page needs its own Custom Code item. Add one below every Page Break.
- Check that each one has all three lines, including the
div. - Click View Form and go through every page, not just the first.
2My embedded form isn't translated
- Check the Widget Code is in the form's Custom Code items, not only on your website.
- Look for the dropdown inside the form's frame. It's separate from any dropdown on your website.
- Open the form's own link from the Share page to test it outside your website.
3No dropdown appears at all
- Look in the bottom-left corner. That's where the dropdown sits unless you've set Relative positioning.
- In SiteTran, make sure the language is both Active and Live. If Hide All Widgets On Site (dev mode) is on, add
?sitetran=onto your form's URL. - If you used the Header/Footer, move the code into a Custom Code item.
4Some text is still in the original language
- SiteTran discovers text when it's shown. Trigger your validation messages, Rules and every page, including the success page, yourself.
- A translation appears only after it's approved and published. To translate new text automatically, turn on Machine Translation Auto Translate.
- For the thank-you page, use a Custom format Success Page with the Widget Code in its HTML.
5My changes aren't showing yet
- After you approve and publish, translation data can take up to 30 seconds to update.
- A browser can keep translation data cached for up to 10 minutes.
- Try a hard refresh or a private window.
6Respondents' names are showing up as phrases
- Piped answers become part of the question text. Use
{{variables}}for them. - On a Custom success page, wrap pipe codes in
<span class="notranslate">. - For forms that show personal data back to respondents, turn off Public Phrase Discovery.
Pricing
Simple pricing that grows with your forms
Every plan includes unlimited languages and teammates, so adding a sixth language to your survey never means a bigger plan. Start free and upgrade when your response volume grows.
Free
$0
For small sites and testing
- 7K words in site
- 3K translated pageviews / month
- 7K machine translations
Starter
$3/mo
For sites with moderate translation needs
- 30K words in site
- 15K translated pageviews / month
- 30K machine translations
Growing sites
Pro
$35/mo
For larger sites or several smaller ones
- 90K words in site
- 45K translated pageviews / month
- 90K machine translations
Business
$75/mo
For large-scale international sites
- 250K words in site
- 125K translated pageviews / month
- 250K machine translations
Annual billing: 2 months free · Enterprise plans for 1M+ words
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FAQ
Formsite translation questions
Have another question? Our team is happy to help with your Formsite setup.
Email supportHow do I add SiteTran to a Formsite form?
Create a free SiteTran site and copy your Widget Code. In Formsite, edit your form, open Formatting Items in the Build panel and drag a Custom Code item to the top of the form. Paste all three lines into Code, click Save, then click View Form and pick a language from the dropdown.
My form has several pages. Do I need the code on each one?
Yes. Each page of a Formsite form loads on its own, and a Custom Code item only runs on the page it sits on. Add a Custom Code item with the same Widget Code after each Page Break, ideally at the top of every page. The respondent's language is remembered from one page to the next.
Can I put the code in the form's Header/Footer instead?
We don't recommend it. The Header/Footer repeats on every form page, but Formsite says its text editor does not allow most script tags. Custom Code items are Formsite's supported place for scripts, so use one per page.
My form is embedded on my website. Where does the code go?
Inside the form, as a Custom Code item. Formsite's embed code shows your form in an iframe loaded from formsite.com, so, as with every website translation tool, the code belongs in the form itself. With the Widget Code in the form, the embedded form shows its own language dropdown and translates itself wherever it is shown.
Are the answers people submit translated?
No. SiteTran only changes the text respondents see. What they type is submitted exactly as typed, and Formsite records multiple-choice answers by choice, so a Spanish respondent who ticks De acuerdo is stored as the Agree choice you wrote. All responses land in one results table.
Can I see which language each response was given in?
Yes, with a few lines of code. Add a Hidden Field to your form with your original language code as its default value, then use SiteTran's language_change_function option to copy the current language code into that field. Each result then records the language it was answered in.
Is the success page translated?
Yes, when the Widget Code is on it. In Form Settings, Success Pages, create a page with the Custom format, uncheck enable text editor and paste the Widget Code at the bottom of the page HTML.
Does SiteTran translate error messages and the Next and Submit buttons?
Yes. Validation messages, required-field notes, the progress text and the Previous, Next and Submit buttons are translated when they appear, along with placeholders and the labels screen readers use.
What about order forms and payments?
Product names, pricing labels, coupon messages and running totals on your form pages are translated. Like every website translation tool, the payment step follows your processor's own language settings, such as Stripe's or PayPal's. Test the Order Summary page in each language before launch.
Can I send confirmation emails in each respondent's language?
Yes. Notifications are emails sent by Formsite, so record each response's language in a Hidden Field, write one confirmation Notification per language, and use its Conditional logic so each respondent gets the right one.
Doesn't Formsite already support other languages?
Formsite lets you change a form's built-in labels and messages on its Custom Text page, which sets one language per form. For more than one language, Formsite suggests copying the form for each language or showing items by language with Rules. SiteTran keeps a single form and adds the languages on top.
Do I need a paid Formsite plan?
Not for the translation itself. Custom Code is a standard Formatting Item, and Formsite's plan comparison does not list it as a paid feature. Your Formsite plan still sets how many results each form can collect, and payments and Notifications need paid Formsite plans.
Can one SiteTran site cover all of my forms?
Yes. Paste the same Widget Code into every form you want translated, and their phrases are managed together, so shared text such as consent statements and rating scales is translated once. The words across all of those forms count toward the site's plan.
Can I test translations before respondents see them?
Yes. A language stays hidden from respondents until you set it to Live. You can also turn on Hide All Widgets On Site (dev mode) under Settings, then Publishing, and add ?sitetran=on to your form's URL to preview the language dropdown yourself.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The Free plan includes 7,000 words in your site, 3,000 translated pageviews per month and 7,000 machine translations, with unlimited languages and teammates. Paid plans raise those limits and start at $3 per month. Compare plans.
What happens if I go over my plan's limits?
You will be prompted to upgrade or buy additional credits. Your existing translations remain intact, and new translations are paused until you upgrade.
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