Google only supports translation of the parts of the form generated by Google (buttons, required messages, error messages). You will have to translate your actual questions yourself. There is nothing to pass through the Google Docs API to do any translation.
As for hidden fields, without seeing the form, my guess is you’re dealing with the form field ID renaming which happens. In some places you’ll see something “entry_12345” and in other places “entry.12345”. Check out this post when I first added hidden fields to Google Forms.
It shows what the fields should look like. Searching for posts on Validation (which is handled similarly to Hidden Fields) may also yield some additional information.
There are quite a few post on my web site covering the features I’ve added over time. It is on my to-do list to get them collected into some sort of document.
I’m lost about name of the field – where to looking for it on google form. Especially on the strange notation “entry_12345”???
I would be appreciated for pointing me in the right direction
Many thanks
on fields which are not defined as requires I can see message “field required” – strange
Thanks for reply in advance
Required fields are defined when the form is built in Google Docs. The Google Forms plugin doesn’t add or remove anything related to whether or not a field is required. The HTML code that indicates a field being required comes to WordPress when the form is requested from Google.
The entry_12345 notation is the “ID” of a form element (e.g. a box you enter text into). Every form element has a unique ID and the value of the ID is what is needed to make hidden elements and validation work.
Finding the value of an ID requires looking at the HTML source of your page (actually the form on the page). I personally like Firebug for doing this but Chrome’s “Inspect Element” will work as will the equivalent from both Firefox and IE.
Here is a post on my web site regarding finding this value for Validation purposes – the same process applies to hidden fields.
Thanks for tip – it works!!!!
One more question which probably annoying all google users
is any chance to remove message at the bottom of the form , which is “Create your own form” link” this make potencial users really confusing. I’m not familiar with CSS, but I found that is possible to minimalize effect…any tip?
You can try hiding the Google Legal section and Never submit password warning by add the following CSS to your custom CSS section (make sure to enable custom CSS):
div.ss-legal, div.password-warning {
display: none;
}
That should make them invisible. If you’ve used a CSS prefix then it will need to be accounted for as well.
