Translating entire pages

RickyMaveety · 02-09-2009, 01:50 PM

I don't know if this has already been discussed, but if not .... Google has a toolbar with a "translate" button on it that will translate whole web pages into English from all sorts of different languages.

They probably have translation buttons (or settings anyway) that go from other languages to other languages ... other than English, anyway.

I just tested it on a few posts from the French Forum, and while it's not perfect, it's pretty damn good. You essentially get the whole page, in it's original format, but with the language translated.

I'm using it with Firefox. I'm sure they must make the Google toolbar for other browsers, but I can only vouch for how it works in Firefox.

Ooooo .... just found the setting regarding the language. You can set it to pretty much whatever you want. Orrrr .... maybe not, I selected French, but it's still stuck on English.

cassidym · 02-09-2009, 01:54 PM

I've used that feature several times and it seem sto work pretty well.

RWood · 02-09-2009, 02:19 PM

I have also used babblefish with good results.

ahammer · 02-10-2009, 12:31 PM

btw this is a good way to get around overprotective firewalls as it look to the compuer as it is coming from google.

02-09-2009, 01:50 PM	#1
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,186 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Translating entire pages I don't know if this has already been discussed, but if not .... Google has a toolbar with a "translate" button on it that will translate whole web pages into English from all sorts of different languages. They probably have translation buttons (or settings anyway) that go from other languages to other languages ... other than English, anyway. I just tested it on a few posts from the French Forum, and while it's not perfect, it's pretty damn good. You essentially get the whole page, in it's original format, but with the language translated. I'm using it with Firefox. I'm sure they must make the Google toolbar for other browsers, but I can only vouch for how it works in Firefox. Ooooo .... just found the setting regarding the language. You can set it to pretty much whatever you want. Orrrr .... maybe not, I selected French, but it's still stuck on English. __________________ The Texas Trucker's Association have issued a fatwa on my head!!! Last edited by RickyMaveety; 02-09-2009 at 01:53 PM.

02-09-2009, 01:54 PM	#2
cassidym Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,392 Karma: 5213134 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Northern Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-505, iPhone 5, Sony T1, iPad 3	I've used that feature several times and it seem sto work pretty well. __________________ I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. - Jorge Luis Borges

02-09-2009, 02:19 PM	#3
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,237 Karma: 148836 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I have also used babblefish with good results. __________________ We've all gotten crazier to keep from going sane.

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ahammer cybershark Posts: 314 Karma: 2227 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: AZ Device: none	btw this is a good way to get around overprotective firewalls as it look to the compuer as it is coming from google.


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