HTMLElement: translate property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2023.

The translate property of the HTMLElement interface indicates whether an element's attribute values and the values of its Text node children are to be translated when the page is localized, or whether to leave them unchanged.

It reflects the value of the translate HTML global attribute.

Value

A boolean value that is true if an element's attribute values and the values of its Text node children are to be translated when the page is localized, false otherwise.

Examples

The following example shows how to enable or disable translation via script:

html
<div>
  <span>The content may always be translated: </span>
  <span translate="yes">El contenido será traducido</span>
</div>
<div>
  <span id="translate-label">The content may be translated:</span>
  <span id="translate-element" translate="no">
    El contenido puede ser traducido.
  </span>
</div>
<input id="translate-controller" type="checkbox" /> Enable translation
js
const label = document.getElementById("translate-label");
const element = document.getElementById("translate-element");
const controller = document.getElementById("translate-controller");

controller.addEventListener("change", (e) => {
  if (controller.checked) {
    element.translate = true;
    label.innerText = "The content may be translated:";
  } else {
    element.translate = false;
    label.innerText = "The content may not be translated:";
  }
});

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-translate

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
translate
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 19 (Release date: 2012-05-15)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 111 (Release date: 2023-03-14)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 25 (Release date: 2013-02-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 111 (Release date: 2023-03-14)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1.5 (Release date: 2013-09-25)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support

See also