Language Translation

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Casal on October 6, 2010 at 7:39am

It's at the bottom of the page for me. Which browser are you using?

Also, if you use Google's Chrome browser it should automatically recognize a site in a different language and offer to translate it.

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Permalink Reply by Mohammed Zaheer on October 6, 2010 at 10:36am

I'm using Google Chrome...
The thing is I'm looking for 'whole site to be translated and launched in a new browser window' - same as the one in classroom2.0...
I can do individual pages through google chrome but need the widget code for whole site... any ideas?

Thanks
Christopher

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Casal on October 6, 2010 at 10:45am

So you basically want to add a widget to your site, like the one here...

Try these links for some translating widget code...
http://www.madtomatoe.com/google-translate-mini-flags-widget/

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/11/translation-widgets-for-yo...

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Casal on October 6, 2010 at 11:20am

I just realized you have your own Ning. I haven't built a Ning in a while but if I recall, the "Translate this network" widget is an optional widget when building your pages.

Since Ning went to a subscriber platform with various fee scales, the "Translate this network" feature might not be available on all subscription levels.

The sites with the html code I posted above should work no matter what, just add an html snippet box and paste in the code you want.

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Permalink Reply by Mohammed Zaheer on October 7, 2010 at 1:37am

Many thanks for your reply - however none of these actually convert the whole site - it just individual pages.
That's why I like the widget (HTML CODE) on this website as it converts the whole website... and I don't need to display HTML change code on each page...
Any ideas?
I've contacted the owner of this site but he has not got back to me yet.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Casal on October 7, 2010 at 6:04am

The links to the code I posted will translate the entire site. I've added the code from madtomatoe.com (the first link I posted above) to my blog and it translates the entire site, comments, Twitter feed, etc.

And again, if you are using Ning as a platform it is probably an available widget.

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Permalink Reply by Mohammed Zaheer on October 7, 2010 at 10:11am

Ning don't provide an available widget for this.
Does it open the entire site in a browser window?
Sorry to be a pain but trying to find a way to get this to work
Thanks Christopher

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Permalink Reply by Mohammed Zaheer on October 7, 2010 at 10:15am

Also the google one is not compatible with Ning - When I click on the Spanish it takes me to a new sign in screen and goes back to English - Strange but guessing it's a Ning compatability issue.

Is there any way of reaching the owner of this website or web master to just send me the embed they use?

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Casal on October 7, 2010 at 10:23am

Must be a Ning issue then.

The Google widget I used on my blog will open the site in a new tab or window, but to me that isn't a big deal.

Shoot Steve Hargadon a message, if I'm not mistaken he is the gentlemen who set up this Ning.

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Permalink Reply by Mohammed Zaheer on October 8, 2010 at 10:42am

Thanks for your help Christopher - much appreciated.

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