Simple variable/if statement question THANKS!

I have text in a dynamic field showing up as circle. I want to say if circle shows up change it to cercle (french).

//here’s the call that circle is coming from:
rNum = $act.getRandomNum(0,1);
(rNum == 0)? qType = “circle” : qType = “triangle”;

//here’s my attemp to fix it:
var newCercle:String = “cercle”;
if (qType == “circle”){
newCercle == “cercle”
}
thanks!