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PJC1811
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January 10, 2024
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"Language" Out of box Adobe Dimension

Is the Language dimension, based of the User's browser or the website language itself such if the website has a toggle to change from spanish to english, is that what it is capturing?

 

 

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kayawalton
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January 10, 2024

Hi @pjc1811 -- that dimension is populated by the Accept-Language value, which is set by the user's client (browser) language preference (https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/analytics/components/dimensions/language.html?lang=en). 

 

If you're asking whether Adobe Analytics automatically captures when users toggle from one language to another using a browser feature, I don't believe it has an out-of-box solution. @jennifer_dungan breaks down a way to track this using JS here: https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-analytics-questions/google-translate-chrome-browser-auto-translate/m-p/592770

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kayawalton
kayawaltonAccepted solution
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January 10, 2024

Hi @pjc1811 -- that dimension is populated by the Accept-Language value, which is set by the user's client (browser) language preference (https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/analytics/components/dimensions/language.html?lang=en). 

 

If you're asking whether Adobe Analytics automatically captures when users toggle from one language to another using a browser feature, I don't believe it has an out-of-box solution. @jennifer_dungan breaks down a way to track this using JS here: https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-analytics-questions/google-translate-chrome-browser-auto-translate/m-p/592770

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    Jennifer_Dungan
    Jennifer_Dungan
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    January 10, 2024

    Thanks @kayawalton 

     

    Also, if your site actually has a built in language switch (we have a site that does both English and French versions natively built into our code base - it's a coupon site, so it will also switch the creative assets to load the correct versions based on the selected language), I have specific tracking to detect when users change the language, as well as which language the site is using on every page and action... 

     

    Since this is site specific, Adobe won't pick it up automatically, as Kaya said, the automatic one will just detect the browser's default language, but not any browser translation (built into some browsers like Chrome), or the use of something like the Google Translate website that loads your site through "translate.google.com" to convert the language, or any built-in language controls your site has integrated.

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