Xpage equivalent to Input Translation on form

I am developing my first xpage application from scratch and wanted to know if there is a way to translate a field value on the server prior to it being saved to a document? I know you can set the “data>dominoDocument[0]>computeWithForm” property of the xpage to trigger the underlying input translation located on the form. Since this is a new application I thought it would be best to keep the translation within the field on the xpage along with other properties (validators specifically).