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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 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?
August 16, 20231 yr Community Expert 2 minutes ago, Carole Asselin said: Does that allow any user to translate the particular post? Or just admins? Any of course.
August 16, 20231 yr 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/
August 16, 20231 yr Author 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?
August 16, 20231 yr 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.
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 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.
