Who it is for
Translation for disability, legal-aid and community organizations
Your mission depends on people being able to find and use your information. A site that only works in English leaves out some of the people you exist for.
- Pop-ups, forms and accordions translate too
- Linked PDFs open as accessible text
- Public accessibility report, data agreement and service levels
- Honest notes about what machine translation cannot do
Why it matters
People come to a disability, legal-aid or community organization when they need help, often at a hard moment. If the information they need is only in English, some of them will not find it. A site that works in the language a person reads makes it more likely that they reach you.
What it covers
The widget translates the page, including forms, labels and pop-ups. Linked PDFs, such as intake forms, rights information and newsletters, can open in the Document Reader as readable text that a visitor can read, hear or translate. If your own PDFs are not accessible to a screen reader, pdf.idioma.chat can fix them.
What to know before you start
Translation is automatic, so it is not a certified translation. For documents where a mistake could harm someone, such as rights notices and consent forms, use a qualified human translator and treat the widget as a help for everything else. We publish our own accessibility report, data agreement and service levels.
Where to read more
Our guides explain how to translate a PDF and keep it accessible, and what to say to visitors about automatic translation.
Common questions
Can we use it for forms where a mistake would matter?
Use a qualified human translator for documents such as consent forms and notices of rights, and use idioma.chat for the rest of your site. Automatic translation is not a certified translation and it will not be perfect.
Do visitors have to install anything?
No. They see a language button on your page and choose a language. There is nothing to download.
What does it cost?
Translation is $0.05 per 1,000 characters each time a page is translated, so a typical 5,000-character page is $0.25. Opening a PDF in the Document Reader is $0.07 per page once, plus $0.05 per page for each language. You set a monthly cap, and nothing is charged beyond it. Use the estimator on the pricing page.
Read the guide to language access or see pricing.