diff --git a/recipes/translation/translate_jsonl.py b/recipes/translation/translate_jsonl.py
index a298bb04ee..6899d907d0 100644
--- a/recipes/translation/translate_jsonl.py
+++ b/recipes/translation/translate_jsonl.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def full_language_name(lang_code: str) -> str:
 
 @nested_dataclass(kw_only=True)
 class TranslationConfig(GenerationTaskConfig):
+    source_lang: str = "en"
     target_lang: str = "zh"
     use_skipme: bool = False
     fields_to_translate: List[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: ["conversations.*.value"])
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ def preprocess_data(self, data):
         async_position = 0
         for text in all_translatable_lines:
             translation_data_point = {
-                "source_lang": full_language_name("en"),
+                "source_lang": full_language_name(self.cfg.source_lang),
                 "target_lang": full_language_name(self.cfg.target_lang),
                 "src": text,
                 self.cfg.async_position_key: async_position,
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ def log_example_prompt(self, data):
                 data[0]
                 if isinstance(data[0], dict) and "src" in data[0]
                 else {
-                    "source_lang": "English",
+                    "source_lang": full_language_name(self.cfg.source_lang),
                     "target_lang": full_language_name(self.cfg.target_lang),
                     "src": "Sample text to translate",
                 }