What this means
Reading software uses a page or document's language setting to pronounce words. A passage in a different language needs its own language setting. This identifies the language; it does not translate it.
Passing examples
- An English page is identified as English, and a French paragraph within it is identified as French.
- A Spanish document is identified as Spanish in its document settings.
- An English article includes a full German quotation, and the quotation is marked as German.
Failing examples
- A whole French paragraph is treated as English and read with English pronunciation.
- A Spanish page is still identified as English after translation.
- A Japanese passage is visually correct but has no language information to distinguish it from the surrounding English text.
Names and common borrowed words do not usually need separate language settings. The way the language is set depends on the website or document format.