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Does Compilatio software detect cross-language similarities?

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The Offer Compilatio Magister+ includes cross-linguistic comparison.
 

 

The cross-linguistic similarities or Multilingual similarities constitute theAll the similarities and similar passages between written texts in different languages.

Cross-linguistic comparison allows you to compare these texts in order to to identify the translated passages that may be taken from books, scientific articles, college papers, theses, etc. 
The results of the analysis allow the user to determine whether or not this is a case of translation plagiarism.

 

1. Why use cross-linguistic comparison?

Cross-linguistic comparison makes it possible to confirm or refute suspicions of plagiarism by translation in a document.
 

Here is an example of how to use this feature:

You are a teacher, and you have provided your students with a list of international books to help them with their research.

After reviewing the reports, you suspect that some of the submissions may contain copy-and-paste content from these sources. To confirm your suspicions, you can add these sources to your comparison set and run another analysis. This will allow you to detect any cross-lingual similarities.

 

2. How do I enable cross-language comparison?


For sources in English

The first step required of the Compilatio administrator in the administration interface.

Since July 2026, with the Compilatio Magister offering, each Compilatio administrator at their institution can choose to authorize, enable, or disable various types of analytical processing.

The option to detect English translations is one of these settings.

You can find this in the admin interface, under the “Settings” tab.

  • If “Translation Detection (English)” is turned off, users will not be able to take advantage of this analysis feature
  • If “Translation Detection (English)” is enabled, each user will be able to choose whether or not to run this analysis for certain documents
  • If “Translation Detection (English)” is enabled, this analysis is performed by default for each new scan.

Important Information:

  • Translation detection for English is turned off by default.
  • Translation detection is counted as an additional analysis of the document.
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And from the user's perspective, how is it going?

  • If your school's Compilatio contact has enabled As part of this process, an analysis is systematically conducted by searching for sources in English, and you can view the results from the Summary view under the heading “Translations.”
  • If your school's Compilatio contact has authorized With this feature, you decide whether or not to enable it

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      To run this scan on all documents in the folder, tap the “three dots” icon, then “Edit Folder,” and then “Scan Settings.”

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    • or from the Summary view of an analysis report by clicking the “Translations” button so that the analysis is performed only on the document in question

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For sources in languages other than English

  1. Access your dashboard Compilatio Magister 
  2. Import the document* to be analyzed, or select it if it has already been imported into your folder
    * You can also analyze a URL or add your own text by copying and pasting it.
  1. Run the initial document analysis to obtain a score for suspicious text, including: the monolingual similarity score, the score for text potentially generated by AI, and the score for potentially altered text (unrecognized languages)
  2. Open the analysis report and go to the “Sources of Similarities” tab: you can add your comparison source(s)* in the “User-Added Sources” section

    * You can add your comparison source(s) from your reference library or from a website (URL of the relevant web page)

     
  3. Run the analysis again by clicking “Analyze.” The analysis report is being updated once the analysis is complete.

 

3. Results of the cross-linguistic comparison

For sources in English

The cross-language similarity score is automatically included in the total score for suspicious texts, which is displayed in the Summary tab with the label “Translation.”
The details can then be viewed via the “Points of Interest” and “Sources of Similarities” tabs, and the detected cross-language similarities are marked with the label “Multilingual Detection.”
And you always have the option to compare your document side-by-side with the original English source.

For sources in languages other than English

You get a cross-language similarity score for each imported source document. 
With the side-by-side view, you can compare the analyzed document with the sources in their original languages to identify similar passages.

 



The cross-language similarity score is automatically included in the total score for suspicious texts, which is displayed in the Summary tab.

 

4. Can I use cross-language comparison with an LMS integration?

Yes! You can use this feature right within your LMS platform.

Cross-language comparison is available for the following LMSs:

As a reminder, you must have a subscription Compilatio Magister+ to take advantage of this feature.

 

5. Which languages are supported by cross-language comparison?

Cross-language comparison is available for several languages: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese...

 

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