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Translation Memory


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About the Translation Memory

The translation memory allows you to store translations that can be quickly downloaded into projects and dashboards across your brand. Once translations are uploaded to the translation memory, they can be accessed on demand by anyone in your brand.

The translation memory can be used in the following products:

Qtip: This page describes functionality that we intend to release starting December 3, 2025. Qualtrics may, in its sole discretion and without liability, change the timing of any product feature rollout, change the functionality for any in preview or in development product feature, or choose not to release a product feature or functionality for any reason or for no reason.

Accessing the Translation Memory

When translating a survey, you can access the translation memory in the translations tab of the survey builder. Click the 3 dots next to a language to access the translation memory options.

Translation memory options in the three dot menu of the translation tab

When translating dashboard labels, the translation memory can be accessed in the translations tab of the dashboard settings. For more information, see Managing Languages Using the Translation Memory.

Managing translation memory in the dashboard settings

Updating the Translation Memory

Qtip: You must have the Update Translation Memory user permission enabled in order to update the translation memory. For access to this feature, reach out to your Brand Administrator.

You must update the translation memory in order for translated strings to be accessible across your brand. Once you update the translation memory, you’ll be able to fetch translations by following the steps in the section below.

  1. In the translations tab of your survey, click the three dot menu next to a language.
    Update translation memory option
  2. Select Update Translation Memory.
  3. Click the checkbox next to the translations you’d like to upload to the translation memory. To select all translations on a page, click the checkbox on the upper left corner of the table.
    Table with all translations that you select via checkboxes which translations you want to update

    Qtip: If you have multiple pages of translations, you can click Select all translations to quickly select all of them.
    Option to select all items that pops up in above the translation memory table
  4. Click Update Translation Memory.
  5. After confirming, click Proceed.
    Confirm the changes you've made to the translation memory by selecting the proceed button

Fetching Translations from the Translation Memory

Fetch translations from the translation memory to pull them directly into your project.

  1. In the translations tab of your survey, click the three dot menu next to a language.
    Fetch from translation memory option
  2. Select Fetch from Translation Memory.
  3. Using the dropdown list, select whether you want to fetch all translations or only the ones missing from your project.
    Dropdown menu with the options to select all or only missing translations
  4. Click Fetch translations.
  5. Select the translation you’d like to retrieve. The status column shows which translations differ from the translation memory.
    Selecting the translation row that is not identical via the checkbox
  6. Click Fetch translations.
  7. Click Confirm.
    Confirm and save your changes by clicking the blue confirm button