PRESS / NO. 002

No. 002 · Translation report

32 questions.44 language versions.

We have added 39 questionnaire translations. All 44 language options now have the full question text and answer labels, with accuracy and natural wording still to be checked.

OpenJung · Translated from Chinese

A fox, rabbit, otter and capybara compare proof sheets and arrange printing blocks in a woodland print workshop.
Comparing the proofs, one sheet at a time.FIG. 01

We want people to answer in a language they are comfortable with. Adding a language to the menu is only the first step: the buttons, questions, answer labels and explanations all need attention.

The coverage report

Snapshot · revision 2

Language and regional options
44
Versions with full question text
44
Answer-label versions
44

These counts come from the website’s source files, not visitor statistics. Simplified and Traditional Chinese are counted as separate options here, and having a language option in the menu does not mean every page has been translated.

The existing English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean question text is unchanged. Each of the 39 added versions contains 32 titles and both answer poles—3,744 new text fields, bringing the question bank to 4,224. Five-point answer labels are also available across all 44 options.

“Filled” counts non-empty entries against the English interface dictionary, including entries that still contain English. It does not measure the whole website: page-specific dictionaries, Press articles, type descriptions, mobile and MCP content are outside this interface count.

“Same as English” flags exact matches for checking after an allowlist for names, URLs and references. Some matches are legitimate, while different wording can still be wrong. “Complete text” requires the title and both answer poles for all 32 questions. None of these counts establishes translation quality or assessment validity.

View all 44 language options

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

Interface entries and complete question text, before English fallback
Language option Interface entries filled Same as English Questions
English en 1250 / 1250 0 32 / 32 Complete text
Simplified Chinese zh 1248 / 1250 51 32 / 32 Complete text
Japanese ja 1250 / 1250 0 32 / 32 Complete text
Korean ko 1233 / 1250 69 32 / 32 Complete text
Traditional Chinese zh-tw 1248 / 1250 87 32 / 32 Complete text
Malay ms 1160 / 1250 314 32 / 32 Complete text
German de 1160 / 1250 286 32 / 32 Complete text
French fr 1160 / 1250 308 32 / 32 Complete text
Spanish es 1160 / 1250 277 32 / 32 Complete text
Arabic ar 1160 / 1250 542 32 / 32 Complete text
Hebrew he 1160 / 1250 542 32 / 32 Complete text
Russian ru 1160 / 1250 273 32 / 32 Complete text
Brazilian Portuguese pt-br 1160 / 1250 272 32 / 32 Complete text
Indonesian id 1160 / 1250 279 32 / 32 Complete text
Vietnamese vi 1160 / 1250 280 32 / 32 Complete text
Thai th 1160 / 1250 279 32 / 32 Complete text
Turkish tr 1160 / 1250 283 32 / 32 Complete text
Italian it 1160 / 1250 277 32 / 32 Complete text
Polish pl 1160 / 1250 280 32 / 32 Complete text
Dutch nl 1160 / 1250 287 32 / 32 Complete text
Hindi hi 1160 / 1250 521 32 / 32 Complete text
Bangla bn 1160 / 1250 616 32 / 32 Complete text
Filipino fil 1160 / 1250 8 32 / 32 Complete text
Ukrainian uk 1160 / 1250 524 32 / 32 Complete text
Swahili sw 1160 / 1250 606 32 / 32 Complete text
Czech cs 1160 / 1250 57 32 / 32 Complete text
Romanian ro 1160 / 1250 52 32 / 32 Complete text
Hungarian hu 1160 / 1250 359 32 / 32 Complete text
Slovak sk 1160 / 1250 598 32 / 32 Complete text
Greek el 1160 / 1250 406 32 / 32 Complete text
Swedish sv 1160 / 1250 68 32 / 32 Complete text
Norwegian no 1160 / 1250 55 32 / 32 Complete text
Danish da 1160 / 1250 74 32 / 32 Complete text
Finnish fi 1160 / 1250 347 32 / 32 Complete text
Burmese my 1160 / 1250 801 32 / 32 Complete text
Khmer km 1160 / 1250 47 32 / 32 Complete text
Lao lo 1160 / 1250 708 32 / 32 Complete text
Sinhala si 1160 / 1250 732 32 / 32 Complete text
Tamil ta 1160 / 1250 609 32 / 32 Complete text
Amharic am 1160 / 1250 715 32 / 32 Complete text
Hausa ha 1160 / 1250 200 32 / 32 Complete text
Yoruba yo 1160 / 1250 443 32 / 32 Complete text
Zulu zu 1160 / 1250 351 32 / 32 Complete text
Igbo ig 1160 / 1250 548 32 / 32 Complete text

Original snapshot: 5 questionnaires, 6 answer-label versions (JSON) ↗

What counts cannot tell us

“Sometimes” and “always” are not interchangeable. A sentence can read smoothly while shifting the strength of a statement, so the two ends of a question, negation and the wording of answer options each need to be checked.

The 39 new translations were drafted with AI assistance, and their provenance and language-by-language review priorities are recorded in the public core repository. All 44 questionnaire versions still lack documented human review and language-specific validation. Having every field filled does not establish that a translation is accurate, or that results are comparable across languages.

Translation provenance and review priorities ↗

Work already under way

Questions and answer labels now use the selected language across all 44 options, rather than substituting English questions. This does not mean every interface entry, type description or explanatory page has been translated.

Automated checks compare the declared question languages with every question in the bank. Dictionary reports also identify missing entries, missing placeholders and wording identical to English. These catch specific problems, not every mistranslation.

Browser checks cover question rendering in all 44 options and longer text on narrow screens. Arabic and Hebrew questions read right to left; the answer buttons retain their left-to-right 1–5 order and scoring direction. We also checked keyboard answers. These checks verify display and input, not whether a reader understands a sentence as intended.

Animal friends welcome a hedgehog carrying a bundle of papers at a woodland correspondence table.
There is room at the table for another reader.FIG. 02

A better way to contribute

The aim is to reach readers in every language we can, while improving the translations already available. We plan to make contributing easier, with smaller tasks and a visible review trail. The process below is a proposal, not a translation platform that has already launched; there is no published rollout date yet.

  1. Small, contextual tasks

    Offer a short passage or a few related strings, with the source, where they appear and any length constraints. Helping should not require taking responsibility for an entire language.

  2. Explain the proposed wording

    Keep the original, current translation, suggestion and reason together. Maintain shared terminology, and record disagreements rather than silently replacing one choice with another.

  3. A separate review step

    Ask another reader fluent in the language to review the change. Questionnaire edits need additional checks on meaning, answer poles and scoring direction, with version changes recorded where appropriate.

  4. Visible status and credit

    Distinguish drafts, work awaiting review and reviewed wording. Record who checked what and when; credit contributors with their agreement. Wording review and language-specific validation must remain separate.

If you would like to help

For now, send a suggestion through the public GitHub issue tracker. Include the language, public page address, original wording, proposed wording and a short explanation. For a question, its number is enough; no answer history is needed.

GitHub issues are public. Do not include private result links, answers or personal information.

Suggest a translation change

Thanks to everyone who points out an unclear sentence or offers a better translation. Those specific suggestions give us something we can check and improve.

NO. 001 / We made a free personality test ↗