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title: "Language Validation"
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Important

Language Validation is a new feature with limited availability. It is not automatically applied to your domain at this time. To enable Language Validation, [contact Support](mailto:webgovsupport@acquia.com) and request this feature.

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Introduction
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The Language Validation module helps you identify pages on your website that contain words and sentences that are written in a different language from what was specified in the HTML code. This mismatch causes the words to be flagged with spelling issues, when in fact the system was checking for spelling in a different language. Language Validation properly identifies these words and sentences as a different language, and alerts you about areas that may need to have adjustments made to the language settings.

Language Validation can assist with the following issues and more:

*   SEO penalties: Search engines prioritize websites that are accessible and user-friendly. Inconsistent language on a page can negatively impact search engine rankings.
*   Accessibility barriers: Language-related issues can create barriers for people with disabilities, such as those who rely on screen readers or translation tools.

How it works
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Language Validation uses language classification (AI) to automatically detect the following on each page:

*   Languages that are used
    
*   Distribution of languages
    
*   Sentence boundaries of each language
    

The system compares the language(s) that are detected by AI to the language that is specified in the HTML _lang_ tag. Language Validation can identify and flag the following:

*   **Mismatched language tags**: Pages for which the detected language is different from the specified language tag.
*   **Missing language tag**s: Pages that do not have a language tag.
*   **Multi-language pages**: Pages that contain content in multiple languages.

Prerequisites
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The domain must be configured by your customer service manager to include this new module. 

Language Validation setup
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To enable Language Validation, [contact Support](mailto:webgovsupport@acquia.com) and request this feature.

Navigation
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This section provides instructions on how to navigate to the Language Validation page results.

Follow these steps to find issues that Language Validation identifies:

1.  Click **Quality Assurance** (the checkbox icon), on the window toolbar.
    
    The system displays the _Quality Assurance_ dashboard.
    
2.  Select **Language Validation** from the menu bar on the left.
3.  The menu expands with the following options:
    *   **Summary**
    *   **Pages with issues**

Summary
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This section provides instructions about the Language Validation _Summary_ page.

Select **Summary** from the **Language Validation** submenu on the left side of the page. 

![The Language Validation Summary page.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/qfawj2wzg1/web/WebGov_QualityAssurance-LanguageValidation.png?w=720&v=e6b6308c-8331-496c-9e85-d443fb30c67d&itok=fT7NTt6T)

The system displays results for the following:

*   Language tag analysis
    *   **Pages without issues**
    *   **Pages with issues**
    *   **Pages with multiple languages selected**
    *   **Pages with undetected language due to small text**
*   Language distribution
    *   **Detected languages**

Issues by page
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This section provides instructions on how to view a breakdown of Language Validation issues on each page.

Select **Issues by page** from the **Language Validation** submenu on the left side of the page. 

![The Pages with Language Issues page in the Quality Assurance Language Validation module.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/m4fxlvunel/web/WebGov_QualityAssurance-LanguageValidation-PagesWithIssues.png?v=1657339e-07e5-472e-ae0c-a90a01a46dc2)

The system displays the following options:

*   Filter for:
    *   **Pages with incorrect language**
    *   **Pages missing language**
*   Column headers:
    *   **Title and URL**
    *   **Declared Language**
    *   **Detected Language**
    *   **Multi-Language**
    *   **Views**
    *   **Open page details**: Click the page icon to navigate to the overview of the page. View all issues for the page as identified by the last scan.
    *   **Inspect page with Web Browser Extension**: Click the magnifying glass to open the page and inspect the issue with the Web Browser Extension.