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Posted August 16, 20231 yr I am not sure what I am looking for, whether it is a widget, a module, or something else. It is possibly not something native to Invision and if so, maybe point me to a possible option. I have an active community mostly in English, however, once in a while a poster will post in Dutch. I am wondering if there is something that can be used to translate only that post when it happens. I know I can highlight, copy and paste the post into Google Translate to read it, but I wonder if there is something that can be added so a single click on the post, could get it translated. Maybe there is nothing, but i think it is worth asking.
August 16, 20231 yr Community Expert https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2020/05/google-translates-website-translator You want the website translator. Once the widget is on your site, a user would just pick a language from the drop-down and the page is translated.
August 16, 20231 yr Author https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2020/05/google-translates-website-translator You want the website translator. Once the widget is on your site, a user would just pick a language from the drop-down and the page is translated. Hum, this particular page it states that "that usage will be restricted to government, non-profit, and/or non-commercial websites (for example, academic institutions) that focus on COVID-19 response. For all other websites, we recommend using the Google Cloud Translation API." And Google Cloud Translation API seems like an overkill for the occasional post. I guess I was hoping for something similar to what is on Facebook where a link "Translate" is available under any non-English posts. You can use that app instead: Does that allow any user to translate the particular post? Or just admins?
August 16, 20231 yr Community Expert Does that allow any user to translate the particular post? Or just admins? Any of course.
August 16, 20231 yr Does that allow any user to translate the particular post? Or just admins? It allows whichever group you provide permission to. However - in this day, you may not even need it as native browser functionality is become more prevalent: https://www.deepl.com/en/chrome-extension https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/local-translation-add-on-project-bergamot/
August 16, 20231 yr Author It allows whichever group you provide permission to. However - in this day, you may not even need it as native browser functionality is become more prevalent: https://www.deepl.com/en/chrome-extension https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/local-translation-add-on-project-bergamot/ So this is something that each user would have to install, correct?
August 16, 20231 yr So this is something that each user would have to install, correct? If you are referring to the items I linked to - yes, those are browser extensions.
August 19, 20231 yr Author Solution Well, just before I purchased the plugin, someone in my community pointed out that by simply highlighting the text in the other language, one could right-click and get the option to translate, right there and then. Thanks for the suggestions though.
August 19, 20231 yr Well, just before I purchased the plugin, someone in my community pointed out that by simply highlighting the text in the other language, one could right-click and get the option to translate, right there and then. Good - the resource is overkill for your situation, really, and is the reason I stepped in to go against the suggestion of it for your use-case. As I said in this post - browser support is making it defunct really.
