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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 Multi-Language on a Test

You can let students choose their preferred language on a test by enabling the setting in test settings.
  1. Open a test and click the Settings tab.
  2. Scroll down to Miscellaneous.
  3. Enable Multi-Language.
  4. Save your change.
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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 July 16, 2026