Carole Asselin Posted August 16, 2023 Posted August 16, 2023 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.
Randy Calvert Posted August 16, 2023 Posted August 16, 2023 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.
DawPi Posted August 16, 2023 Posted August 16, 2023 Terrible idea. 😉 You can use that app instead: Carole Asselin 1
Carole Asselin Posted August 16, 2023 Author Posted August 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Randy Calvert said: 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. 2 minutes ago, DawPi said: You can use that app instead: Does that allow any user to translate the particular post? Or just admins?
DawPi Posted August 16, 2023 Posted August 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Carole Asselin said: Does that allow any user to translate the particular post? Or just admins? Any of course. Carole Asselin 1
Nathan Explosion Posted August 16, 2023 Posted August 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, Carole Asselin said: 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/ I_cant_Swim_ 1
Carole Asselin Posted August 16, 2023 Author Posted August 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Nathan Explosion said: 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?
Nathan Explosion Posted August 16, 2023 Posted August 16, 2023 Just now, Carole Asselin said: 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.
Solution Carole Asselin Posted August 19, 2023 Author Solution Posted August 19, 2023 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.
Nathan Explosion Posted August 19, 2023 Posted August 19, 2023 39 minutes ago, Carole Asselin said: 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.
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