Merge pull request #567 from cmu-delphi/survey/pardon-my-french

Describe French translation fix

Author: capnrefsmmat

docs/symptom-survey/coding.md

@@ -632,7 +632,9 @@ Belief items:
 Norms items:
 
 * Item H1 asks respondents when they were in public in the past 7 days, how many
-  people maintained at least 6 feet from others.
+  people maintained at least 6 feet from others. *Note:* The French translation
+  of this item was initially incorrect. See the [error log](problems.md#mistranslation-of-distances-may-2021)
+  for details on the fix.
 * Item H2 asks respondents when they were in public in the past 7 days, how many
   people wore face masks.
 * Item H3 asks respondents thinking about their friends and family, how many

docs/symptom-survey/problems.md

@@ -17,6 +17,29 @@ results. All problems will be logged here.
 1. TOC
 {:toc}
 
+## Mistranslation of Distances (May 2021)
+
+In Wave 11, all items were re-translated to ensure consistency of the
+translations. The new item H1, on social distancing, is:
+
+> When out in public in the past 7 days, how many people maintained a distance
+> of at least 6 feet from others?
+
+In French, it was translated to read as follows:
+
+> Lorsque vous êtes sorti(e) au cours des 7 derniers jours, combien de personnes
+> ont maintenu une distance d’au moins 6 mètres entre elles ?
+
+This incorrectly translated 6 feet to 6 meters. On June 7, 2021 at 9:50am
+Pacific time, we corrected the text to read:
+
+> Lorsque vous êtes sorti(e) au cours des 7 derniers jours, combien de personnes
+> ont maintenu une distance d’au moins 2 mètres entre elles ?
+
+This problem only affected the French translation. The `UserLanguage` column in
+the survey data files indicates the translation used by each respondent to
+complete the survey.
+
 ## Election-Related Sample Size Decreases (Nov 2020)
 
 Sample sizes decreased in the days following the 2020 US presidential election.