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      How to display multiple languages on the iPad?

      Let visitors pick a language at sign-in and continue their check-in journey in their preferred language.

      In Qminder, you can create a multilingual flow to welcome visitors in their native language. With support for 75 languages and the auto-translation feature, you can translate your complete service flow with one button.

      How does the language selection look like on the iPad?

      iPad devices with configured languages will ask visitors' to choose a language and will display the Service names, check-in questions (Input fields) and Review text in their preferred language.

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      		 1-languages

       
      2-services

       

      		 3-enter name

       

      To display multiple languages and translations on the iPad, you first need to add Languages and Translations to your location.

      How to display Languages & Translations on the iPad?

      1. To display multiple languages on iPad sign-in, after adding Languages & Translations to your location, go to Location Settings > iPad, and click on the device you wish to configure.

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      2. Click on the Languages from the left side of your screen and add the languages you wish to display on the iPad from the drop-down menu. The drop-down will show only the selection of languages added under Languages in Location settings

       

      3. Click on the Save button and your changes will go live.
       

      Language selection is now an automatic first step in the iPad flow and does not require to be added to the sign-in flow manually.  This step is not reflected in the flow builder and can't be seen from the iPad sign-in flow.

      Visitors will be asked to choose a language on the iPad screen and translations that are added manually or created with the auto-translation function will apply to the iPad device for the enabled languages. 
       
      If you want to see the translation of an input field from iPad settings, instead of Location settings > Input fields, click on a view from the iPad flow and click on the edit button.
       
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      From here, click on Translations to see the translations of Input fields. You can edit or delete translations, and it will be synced with the Input field settings page in real-time.

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      How to change the language order and welcome screen language on the iPad?

      Once languages are configured on the iPad, visitors will be asked to choose their preferred language from the list before they start singing in. You can re-arrange the order for the list of languages displayed on the iPad screen. 

       

      1. To do this, go to Location settings > Languages. Drag and drop the languages to re-arrange the list. The language order in the Language settings page will reflect all the iPads connected to that Location. 

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      If you want to change the language of the iPad welcome screen from English to another language, you also need to re-arrange the language order from Location settings.  settings.

      1. Go to Location settings > Languages. Drag and drop the languages to re-order the language order. The language on top will determine the language of the iPad welcome screen.

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