Title: Google Forms Language Problem
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Google Forms Language Problem

 *  [wuhey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wuhey/)
 * (@wuhey)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-forms-language-problem/)
 * Hello!
 * I tried your plug-in to embed the Google Forms in the WordPress platform. It’s
   very nice. Thanks for your contribution.
 * By the way, I am interested in how do you fix the language problem? I search 
   around the Internet to find a solution for changing the language of the text 
   of the Google Forms control such as Submit button, Required Message, etc… but
   I don’t get any working solution. Someone say it can be solved by adding the 
   language parameter “hl” but it is not working actually.
 * Could you mind sharing us how to do it? I mean even not to use your plug-in.
 * Thanks very much.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpgform/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpgform/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-forms-language-problem/#post-6764608)
 * [There was another thread](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-parameter-default-text-overrides-not-working?replies=8)
   recently on this subject – it explains how to use the language parameter and 
   shows some examples.
 *  Thread Starter [wuhey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wuhey/)
 * (@wuhey)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-forms-language-problem/#post-6764613)
 * Thanks for your reply Mike.
 * For my case, even I added the parameter in the url, it is still not working.
 * [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16ypHLG9VEwbdiZxIavYJWewfXbOBmyEshlYrNZz5qHw/viewform?hl=fr](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16ypHLG9VEwbdiZxIavYJWewfXbOBmyEshlYrNZz5qHw/viewform?hl=fr)
 * If you click the above link to go to the form directly (not integrate to the 
   WordPress platform), you will find that the language is still not be overridden
   by French and it still depends on what language your Google account is. However
   it can be done perfectly in your plug-in. Could you mind sharing us how to do
   that?
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-forms-language-problem/#post-6764700)
 * What you see opening the direct URL is standard behavior because Google tries
   to figure out who you are what your language “should” be in their opinion. Try
   opening your URL in an incognito window and you’ll see proper operation of the
   language parameter. Why Google can’t respect the URL as the overriding language
   when displaying a a form I don’t know but it doesn’t.
 * [Opened with Chrome:](http://imgur.com/gMqqgNw)
    [Opened with Chrome Icognito window:](http://imgur.com/NiWCwkK)
 * You can see that when I open the form with a normal Chrome window Google shows
   me buttons in English because (a) I am logged into Chrome and (b) I am in the
   US. It ignores the language parameter.
 * When I open the form in using an Incognito window then I am not logged into Chrome
   and I am “anonymous” (maybe?) to Google and I see the buttons and messages in
   French based on the language parameter..
 * The plugin establishes an anonymous connection to Google using the WordPress 
   HTTP API to retrieve the form.
 * [Here is your form on my web site](http://michaelwalsh.org/wpgforms/wuhey/) using
   the language parameter where you can see the buttons and messages are in French
   as specified with the URL parameter.
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-forms-language-problem/#post-6764701)
 * It is important to understand – the language parameter does not translate the
   entire form, only the standard Google messages and button text. The questions
   in the form itself are represented in the language the form was designed in.
 *  Thread Starter [wuhey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wuhey/)
 * (@wuhey)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-forms-language-problem/#post-6764774)
 * Thanks for your replies and examples again.

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