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Translation options in Tallyfy

Tallyfy offers two translation features:

  1. Interface Language: Change the display language for menus, buttons, and system text
  2. Content Translation: Translate user-generated text using Microsoft Azure AI (requires administrator setup)

See global workplace language requirements to understand which countries mandate or recommend translation of process content like SOPs and employee handbooks.

Change interface language

  1. Click the globe icon (🌐) located in the top menu bar.
  2. Select your preferred language from the available language list.
  3. The interface switches to your selected language.

Available interface languages

Tallyfy supports English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, and others.

Administrator setup for content translation

Content translation uses Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services. Supports over 100 languages.

Requirements

  • Active Microsoft Azure account with translation services enabled
  • API Key and Region/Location credentials for the Azure Translator service
  • Administrator-level access within your Tallyfy organization

Configuration steps

(See the Azure setup guide for detailed Azure configuration.)

  1. Azure Configuration: Create a “Translator” service resource and obtain the API Key and Region/Location credentials.
  2. Tallyfy Configuration: Navigate to Settings > Integrations > Translation within your organization settings.
  3. API Key Entry: Paste your Azure API Key into the designated API Key field.
  4. Region Configuration: Enter your Azure service region identifier.
  5. Optional Setup: Enter your Azure Subscription Key if applicable to your configuration.
  6. Activation: Click Save to complete the translation service setup.

User access after setup

Once configured, users select their language via the globe icon.

Using content translation

  1. Click the globe icon (🌐) in the top menu bar.
  2. Select the target language you want content translated into.
  3. Green globe icon indicates Azure Cognitive Services is connected and actively translating content.
  4. Tallyfy translates text from other users into your selected language.

Integrations > Azure translation services

Tallyfy offers two translation features to support global teams: UI language customization for interface elements and Azure AI-powered automatic content translation for user-generated text that requires administrator setup with Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services.

Azure Translation > How to use content translation

Tallyfy’s content translation feature uses Microsoft Azure AI to automatically translate user-generated text in real-time allowing multilingual teams to read workflows comments and form data in their preferred language while keeping the interface elements separate from content translation.

Azure Translation > How to set up Azure Cognitive AI integration

This guide explains how to set up Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services integration with Tallyfy to enable automatic content translation for global teams including creating an Azure account configuring the Translator resource retrieving API credentials connecting them to Tallyfy and verifying the translation functionality works properly.

Azure Translation > Translation requirements for process documentation

Multinational organizations must navigate complex language requirements for workplace documentation across different jurisdictions with varying levels of mandatory translation ranging from strict legal mandates in countries like France Belgium Quebec UAE and Saudi Arabia to recommended practices in regions like Germany Netherlands and most English-speaking nations while ensuring employee comprehension of safety procedures and rights regardless of local legal requirements.
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