Jan 19, 2026
Mike Harbaugh
Translating feedback during AI grading
At EnlightenAI, we know that teachers are supporting an increasingly multilingual group of students. Many educators are working with dual language learners or students writing in languages other than English, and they’ve told us that providing clear, accessible feedback across languages is essential.
We’ve also heard that while AI grading and AI writing feedback can save time and improve consistency, teachers still need flexibility. Sometimes feedback needs to be translated for an individual student. Sometimes teachers want to provide feedback in both English and another language. And sometimes student writing itself is not in English.
We listened to your feedback! No we've made it easy for teachers to translate feedback during the grading process, directly inside the side-by-side grading experience you already know in EnlightenAI.
What we built: feedback translation inside AI grading
Teachers can now translate feedback as part of the AI grading workflow in EnlightenAI. This works for both teacher-written feedback and AI-generated writing feedback.
With this update, teachers can:
Translate feedback into another language for individual students
Choose whether to replace the original feedback or add the translated feedback below it
Provide bilingual feedback when helpful
Continue using all existing AI grading, exporting, and integration features
This functionality is built directly into the side-by-side grading experience, where teachers already train, calibrate, and refine their AI essay and writing assistant. Nothing about the broader workflow changes, it simply becomes more flexible and more inclusive.
How to translate feedback during grading
Step one: gather student submissions for grading
Start by gathering a set of student submissions for AI grading. These submissions can come from Google Classroom, a spreadsheet upload, or any other supported source in EnlightenAI. Set up your assignment as usual and enter your rubric to prepare for AI grading and AI writing feedback:
Step two: open the side-by-side grading screen
Once submissions are ready, begin grading in the side-by-side grading view. This is where you review student writing, see AI-generated feedback, and refine feedback as needed.
Next to the feedback comments area, you’ll now see a small translation icon:
Step three: translate AI-generated or teacher-written feedback
Click the translation icon to open the feedback translation options. From here, select the language you’d like to translate the feedback into:
You’ll see a brief indicator showing that the feedback is being translated:
Step four: translate AI-generated or teacher-written feedback
Once the translation is complete, you’ll have two options:
Add below, which keeps the original feedback and adds the translated version underneath
Replace original, which replaces all existing feedback text with the translated version
This allows you to tailor feedback exactly to each student’s needs, whether that means bilingual feedback or feedback fully translated into another language.
After translating feedback, everything else works exactly the same. You can continue grading, refining AI writing feedback, and finalizing comments.
All translated feedback:
Can be downloaded as CSV files
Can be exported to PDF
Can be synced back to Google Classroom if you’re using the Google Classroom integration
[Link placeholder: learn more about the Google Classroom integration]
Why this matters for teachers
This update helps teachers support dual language learners without adding extra steps or tools. Feedback translation is now part of the same AI-powered grading workflow teachers already rely on in EnlightenAI.
Teachers can:
Provide more accessible feedback to students
Support multilingual classrooms more effectively
Maintain consistency across AI grading and written feedback
Save time without sacrificing clarity or personalization
Looking ahead
We’re incredibly grateful to the teachers who shared this feedback with us. Your input directly shapes how EnlightenAI evolves, and features like this are built because you told us what you need in real classrooms.
If you have ideas, questions, or priorities you’d like to share, we encourage you to reach out to us at support@enlightenme.ai. We read every message and use your feedback to guide what we build next.
As 2026 continues, we’re excited to keep expanding AI-powered tools that help teachers support every student, in every classroom, more effectively.
