SC-3.1.2: Foreign phrase without lang on element
Corpus WCAG 2.2Applies to WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2Level AAAutomatable: partial
Summary: A French quotation appears in an English page without lang markup.
Why it fails: Screen readers may use English pronunciation rules for French text because the language change is not marked.
Failure technique
Synthetic specimen — no W3C failure technique.
Understanding
Quickref
Intentional failure — audit this region
SC-3.1.2
The French quote Bonjour le monde
is marked as English.
<p>The French quote <q lang="en">Bonjour le monde</q> is marked as English.</p>Expected audit result
- 3.1.2: fail — Specimen demonstrates failure of 3.1.2.
Manual check: Confirm the foreign phrase has no lang attribute on itself or a parent element.