English Language Learner staff use the ELSA (Enabling Language Service Anywhere) device and TalkingPoints for student and family communication.

For additional translation options, please review the options below. 

• Our webpages
• PDFs
• Emails using Google Translate
• Documents using Google Translate
• Skyward Family Access, SeeSaw, and Schoology using Google Chrome Browser

Translating Sartell-St. Stephen ISD 748 Webpages
All Sartell-St. Stephen ISD 748 District website pages contain a Google translation tool in the upper right-hand corner that converts website content into another language.

• Click ‘Translate’.
• Click the arrow down button next to ‘Select Language’ to select the language of your choice.
• To view a short video about this feature, please click here.

Translating PDFs

Click here http://translate.google.com or type ‘Google Translate’ into your web browser’s search field.  NOTE:  You do not need a Google account to use Google Translate.

1. Click ‘Documents’ in the upper left corner.
2. Upload the file you wish to translate (Upload a .doc, .docx, .odf, .pdf, .ppt, .pptx, .ps, .rtf, .txt, .xls, or .xlsx).
3. Select the original language and the language you wish to translate to using the arrows. 
4. To view a short video, please click here. 

Translating Emails Using Google Translate
Click here http://translate.google.com or type ‘Google Translate’ into your web browser’s search field.  NOTE:  You do not need a Google account to use Google Translate.

1. Click ‘Text’ in the upper left corner.
2. Copy the email content to translate and paste into the white space shown below.
3. Select the original language and the language you wish to translate to using the arrows. 

Translating Documents Using Google Translate
In Google Translate:

1. Click ‘Documents’ in the upper left corner of Google Translate.
2. Click ‘Browse your computer’ to select the document you want to translate.
3. Click on the arrow down button on the right half of the screen to select a language.
4. To view a short video about this feature, please click here.

Translating Skyward Family Access, SeeSaw, and Schoology Using Google Chrome Browser

• From Google Chrome, go to the application sign in screen (link to Family Access; link to SeeSaw; link to Schoology).
• Right click on an empty space in the page and click ‘Translate to English’.
• In the pop-up window that appears in the upper right corner of the screen, click on the 3 vertical dots to open the language options menu (see below), and click ‘Choose another language’.
• Click on the downward facing arrow to select a language, then, click ‘Translate’.
• Log into Skyward Family Access.
• Right click on an empty space again, then, click on ‘Translate to…‘.
• To view a video of this, please click here.