my customer sends a questionnaire in English or German can the system recognize that

The language of the questionnaire is not the issue, the origin of the answer is

Yes, the system recognizes questionnaires in English and German. Recognition works on the pattern of the question, not on the language in which that question is written. A question such as "Does the company have a business continuity plan?" is recognized just as well as "Heeft de onderneming een continuïteitsplan?" — the system links it to the same underlying answer from the supply chain file, namely whether there is a plan to continue business operations in the event of a serious disruption.

What does differ per language is how sharply a question is formulated. Some German portals translate international standards quite literally, so a question about "Zertifizierung nach ISO 9001" looks different from the English or Dutch variant, but refers to the same underlying fact: whether the undertaking is ISO 9001-certified. If there is doubt about a specific translation, the system provides the answer in Dutch from the file; the customer assesses themselves whether that fits the question asked, and confirms this with yes or no before it is adopted.

Why recognition is separate from language

This follows from how the platform works: the system recognizes questions and fills in answers from one supply chain file, and the customer confirms each answer themselves. No translation step is "declared" or approved — it remains the customer who says yes or no per answer, even if the question is asked in a different language. Underlying sources such as the EFRAG VSME standard or the ten measures from article 21 paragraph 2 of the NIS2 Directive already exist in multiple official language versions themselves; the file follows the content of those requirements, not the language of the portal asking for them.