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Google offers easy translation service for Web pages

admin Lots of big companies based outside the U.S. offer English-language versions of their Web site with a click of a button, but Google's new service actually detects the home language of a visitor to your site and offers them a translated version of the page based on their browser settings. Fifty-one languages will be supported by the service, which Webmasters can offer by pasting a bit of code into their pages. tag:worldlingo.com.au,2009:/worldlingo_review//6.15 2009-10-27T02:54:17Z 2009-10-27T02:54:51Z

Google makes available website translator gadget

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As a web publisher you can insert the gadget on your web-page. If a user visits that web-page with another language set in his web browser, that page is automatically displayed in that language!

The visitor get to see the 'implementation' on the web-page so he can switch back to the original language if he so desires.

Google said: "Automatic translation is convenient and helps people get a quick gist of the page. However, it's not a perfect substitute for the art of professional translation. Today happens to be International Translation Day, and we'd like to take the opportunity to celebrate the contributions of translators all over the world."  ]]> tag:worldlingo.com.au,2009:/worldlingo_review//6.14 2009-10-27T02:53:41Z 2009-10-27T02:53:58Z

Google Ramps Up Translation for Websites, Firefox Toolbar, Docs

admin Website translator gadget, an in-page translation capability for the new version of Google Toolbar for Firefox and new ]]> tag:worldlingo.com.au,2009:/worldlingo_review//6.13 2009-10-27T02:52:03Z 2009-10-27T02:53:26Z

Facebook turns users into web translation engine

admin Today, at a web app conference in London, Facebook introduced a free service dubbed Translations for Facebook Connect, a translation engine driven by, yes, the site's users. The social networking outfit has used a similar application on its own site since January 2008, translating its original English content into 65 other tongues. The app asks Facebook users to provide translations of particular site phrases, then collects votes on which translation is most accurate. tag:worldlingo.com.au,2009:/worldlingo_review//6.12 2009-10-27T02:51:25Z 2009-10-27T06:44:27Z

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