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Pear Assessment supports bilingual authoring so students can take assessments in their preferred language. You author each item in the languages you want to offer: English and Spanish are supported: then enable Multi-Language in the test settings. No automatic translation is applied. each language version must be written manually.

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Author Items in Multiple Languages

  1. Click Item Bank in the navigation menu.
  2. Click New Item.
  3. Click your preferred question type.
  4. Click + Add Language under Edit Mode > Question.
  5. Select your preferred languages.
  6. Click Save.
Add Language button.

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Enable or Disable Multi-Language for a Test

You can let students choose their preferred language on a test by enabling it in the test settings.
  1. Open the test and click the Settings tab.
  2. Scroll down to Accommodations.
  3. Under Multi-Language, choose one of the following options:
    • Enable Student Level: Allows Multi-Language to be enabled for individual students based on their accommodation settings.
    • Disable All: Disables Multi-Language for all students taking the test.
  4. Click Save to apply your changes.
Multi-Language option under Accommodations in test settings. Students see the test in their preferred language, configured in Manage Class. If no preferred language is set, or a translation is unavailable for a question, the content displays in the default language. A test item displayed in Spanish for a student.

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FAQ

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Will This Auto-Translate My Items?

No. Items must be authored in each language you want to offer. Enabling Multi-Language on a test does not auto-translate existing content.

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Can I Use This Feature with All Item Types?

Multi-Language is supported for the following item types:
  • Multiple Choice
  • Multiple Selection
  • Matching Tables
  • Classification
  • Re-sequence
  • Essay Rich Text
  • Essay Plain Text
  • Sentence Response
  • Math types (except math-text-dropdown)
  • Multipart with supported types
  • Passage
  • Video
  • Text

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Resources

Create Questions in the Item Bank

Last modified on August 10, 2026