Web/HTML/Global attributes/translate

The translate global attribute is an enumerated attribute that is used to specify whether an element's translateable attribute values and its Text node children should be translated when the page is localized, or whether to leave them unchanged. It can have the following values:

• empty string or "yes", which indicates that the element should be translated when the page is localized.
• "no", which indicates that the element must not be translated.

Although not all browsers recognize this attribute, it is respected by automatic translation systems such as Google Translate, and may also be respected by tools used by human translators. As such it's important that web authors use this attribute to mark content that should not be translated.

Examples

In this example, the translate attribute is used to ask translation tools not to translate the company's brand name in the footer.

<footer>
  <small>© 2020 <span translate="no">BrandName</span></small>
</footer>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'translate' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from latest snapshot, HTML 5.1
HTML 5.1The definition of 'translate' in that specification.	Recommendation	Snapshot of HTML Living Standard, initial definition

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
translate Experimental'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also

• All global attributes.
• The HTMLElement.translate property that reflects this attribute.
• Using HTML's translate attribute.
• HTML lang attribute

translate by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.