PollSlide for multilingual rooms
One room. Eleven languages. Everyone answers.
Ask your question once. Each phone shows it in its owner’s language, and what people type comes back to you in yours.
🌐 How it works
You present in your language. Nobody in the room has to answer in their second one.
- Write your questions in your own language. PollSlide works out which language the deck is in.
- People scan the QR code. Each phone shows the question and the answer options in the language that phone is set to.
- Anyone can change language with the globe, and one tap on “See original” shows your exact wording.
- Choices are counted together, whatever language they were read in. The results on your screen are one room, not eleven.
- For typed answers and audience questions, click “Translate answers” and read them in your language. The original stays above each one.
- For wordplay, spelling or a language lesson, tick “Keep in original language” on a question and it is never translated.
The 11 languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic and Hindi. The presenter app and this website are in the same 11.
👥 Who it is for
Anywhere the people in front of you do not all think in the same language.
Classrooms with new arrivals
A student who is still learning the language of the class can still show what they know.
International teams
Run one all-hands across every office. Nobody has to answer in their second language to be counted.
Conferences and events
One QR code on the slide works for every delegate. No interpreter is needed for a show of hands.
Community and public meetings
Ask residents, patients or parents in the language they are most comfortable in.
Questions people ask
Does my audience need to install anything?
No. They scan the QR code, or type the code at pollslide.com/join, and answer in their browser. The page opens in their phone’s language by itself.
How good is the translation?
It is automatic translation: a good first reading, not a certified one. That is why the original wording is always one tap away on the phone, and always shown above the translation on your screen.
Can I stop a question from being translated?
Yes. Tick “Keep in original language” on that question. Use it for wordplay, spelling, or when the language itself is the lesson.
Who sees the translated answers?
Only you, on your own screen. Translations of what people typed are never put on the projector or on other people’s phones.
Does Arabic read right to left?
Yes. Arabic text runs right to left on the phone, in the presenter app and on this website.
Try it with your next room
Free to start. No card, and nothing for your audience to install.