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Feature Request: Show respondent language in form submission notifications

  • June 17, 2026
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We use Typeform's multilingual functionality, respondents see the form in their own language based on their browser settings, across the languages we've configured.

The gap: when a submission comes into our inbox, the notification always shows the content in the default language (English). There is no indication of which language the respondent actually used. Our support agents have no way of knowing which language to reply in.

What we're asking for:
Include the respondent's detected language in the submission notification, either as a visible field or as a usable variable or show the form in the language the customer completed it in so support teams can respond in the right language from the start.

Why it matters:
For any team handling multilingual customer contact, this is the missing piece. The form experience is localized, but the handoff to the support team is not. A simple language indicator in the notification or showing the form in the customers language would close that gap entirely.

Typeform support has already passed this on to the product team. Would be great to see it on the roadmap.

Curious whether others are running into the same thing.

2 replies

john.desborough
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  • Certified Partner & Champion
  • June 17, 2026

here are a couple of options to consider as workarounds in the interim: 

Capture via JavaScript (Automated)!--tgqphd||[]-->

If you cannot change your incoming URLs to include a ?lang=!--tgqphd||[]--> parameter, you can use a tiny script on your website to read the user's browser language or website folder path and inject it into the hidden field automatically.!--tgqphd||[]-->

  • For folder-based sites (e.g., /fr/contact!--tgqphd||[]-->):!--tgqphd||[]--> Have your developer write a quick JavaScript snippet that checks the window URL path for /fr/!--tgqphd||[]-->, /es/!--tgqphd||[]-->, etc., and writes that value to your hidden form field before submission.!--tgqphd||[]-->!--tgqphd||[]-->
  • For browser-based detection:!--tgqphd||[]--> If your site doesn't change URLs based on language, script the hidden field to pull navigator.language!--tgqphd||[]-->. This captures the user's preferred browser setting (e.g., fr-CA!--tgqphd||[]-->, en-US!--tgqphd||[]-->) and attaches it to the ticket. !--tgqphd||[]-->!--tgqphd||[]-->!--tgqphd||[]-->

 

des

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James
Community Team
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  • Community Team
  • June 17, 2026

Hey ​@Stoov thanks a lot for flagging this. I’ve pinged our product team with another reminder on this.

And thanks ​@john.desborough for those solutions, hopefully they can serve as a workaround in the interim 🙏