Mini Mods - Quick "Translate This Page" Link

This modification adds a drop down box in the lower right corner of each page directly under the Forum Jump Box that is currently there. When a user selects an option from this box, they'll be forwarded on to a Google translation of the page at hand.

Please note that when viewing the translated version of this page, the user will not be logged in.

In the forumjump template, look for:

<br /><br />

and

</div>

Place the following code between the two entires:

 
<strong>Translate This Page<br />
<form action="http://translate.google.com/translate" method="post">
 <input type="hidden" name="u" value="http://YOURSITE.COM/$scriptpath" />
 <select name="langpair" onchange="this.form.submit();">
  <option value="en|de">English to German</option>
  <option value="en|nl">English to Dutch</option>
  <option value="en|es">English to Spanish</option>
  <option value="en|fr">English to French</option>
  <option value="en|it">English to Italian</option>
  <option value="en|pt">English to Portuguese</option>
  <option value="en|ko">English to Korean</option>
  <option value="en|ja">English to Japanese</option>
  <option value="en|ar">English to Arabic</option>
  <option value="de|en">German to English</option>
  <option value="de|nl">German to Dutch</option>
  <option value="de|es">German to Spanish</option>
  <option value="de|fr">German to French</option>
  <option value="de|it">German to Italian</option>
  <option value="de|pt">German to Portuguese</option>
  <option value="de|ko">German to Korean</option>
  <option value="de|ja">German to Japanese</option>
  <option value="de|ar">German to Arabic</option>
  <option value="nl|en">Dutch to English</option>
  <option value="nl|de">Dutch to German</option>
  <option value="nl|es">Dutch to Spanish</option>
  <option value="nl|fr">Dutch to French</option>
  <option value="nl|it">Dutch to Italian</option>
  <option value="nl|pt">Dutch to Portuguese</option>
  <option value="nl|ko">Dutch to Korean</option>
  <option value="nl|ja">Dutch to Japanese</option>
  <option value="nl|ar">Dutch to Arabic</option>
  <option value="es|en">Spanish to English</option>
  <option value="es|de">Spanish to German</option>
  <option value="es|nl">Spanish to Dutch</option>
  <option value="es|fr">Spanish to French</option>
  <option value="es|it">Spanish to Italian</option>
  <option value="es|pt">Spanish to Portuguese</option>
  <option value="es|ko">Spanish to Korean</option>
  <option value="es|ja">Spanish to Japanese</option>
  <option value="es|ar">Spanish to Arabic</option>
  <option value="fr|en">French to English</option>
  <option value="fr|de">French to German</option>
  <option value="fr|nl">French to Dutch</option>
  <option value="fr|es">French to Spanish</option>
  <option value="fr|it">French to Italian</option>
  <option value="fr|pt">French to Portuguese</option>
  <option value="fr|ko">French to Korean</option>
  <option value="fr|ja">French to Japanese</option>
  <option value="fr|ar">French to Arabic</option>
  <option value="it|en">Italian to English</option>
  <option value="it|de">Italian to German</option>
  <option value="it|nl">Italian to Dutch</option>
  <option value="it|es">Italian to Spanish</option>
  <option value="it|fr">Italian to French</option>
  <option value="it|pt">Italian to Portuguese</option>
  <option value="it|ko">Italian to Korean</option>
  <option value="it|ja">Italian to Japanese</option>
  <option value="it|ar">Italian to Arabic</option>
 </select>
 <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en" />
 <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8" />
 <input type="hidden" name="oe" value="UTF-8" />
 <input type="hidden" name="safe" value="active" />
 <input type="hidden" name="prev" value="/language_tools" />
 </select>$gobutton
</form>

Make sure that you change the YOURSITE.COM to the correct domain name.

Save.

Enjoy.


Credit goes to oldfan (for his or her post here) that I tweaked to make work better.


For a demo of what this looks like go here: http://f800riders.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=67

[Brady1505]

Got it. Try and error ...

<input type="hidden" name="u" value="www.mysite.de$scriptpath" />

works correctly.

Brady

[zerokun]

Wow,
I have built it some days before and found this thread today.

Now, If you want to remove the frame above your translated page, replace this link: http://translate.google.com/translate by http://www.google.com/translate_p.

To apply for all website (php site), you can use this link http://$_SERVER[SERVER_NAME]$scriptpath:
EX:
<input type="hidden" name="u" value="http://$_SERVER[SERVER_NAME]$scriptpath" />
replace for <input type="hidden" name="u" value="http://YOURSITE.COM/$scriptpath" />


demo: http://www.ue-global.com (the translation at the top of the page)

regards,
zerokun

[frankybme]

Do these translated pages get indexed in the search engines?

[yotsume]

Will this work if my forum is only viewable to registered members only? Also, my forum is v3.7.3

[segwayon]

Originally Posted by zerokun

Wow,
I have built it some days before and found this thread today.

Now, If you want to remove the frame above your translated page, replace this link: http://translate.google.com/translate by http://www.google.com/translate_p.

To apply for all website (php site), you can use this link http://$_SERVER[SERVER_NAME]$scriptpath:
EX:
<input type="hidden" name="u" value="http://$_SERVER[SERVER_NAME]$scriptpath" />
replace for <input type="hidden" name="u" value="http://YOURSITE.COM/$scriptpath" />


demo: http://www.ue-global.com (the translation at the top of the page)

regards,
zerokun

Slick language selector you have on your website. It changes all the text without reloading the whole webpage, and allows users to re-select English easily. May I ask how you do that?

I altered this mod as you directed and yes the framing is gone now. But I wonder how to allow a user to choose English again after browsing some languages, as Google shows an error page stating that English-to-English translations are not supported. With the framing the users had an option for reverting back to the original language.

[segwayon]

Originally Posted by yotsume

Will this work if my forum is only viewable to registered members only? Also, my forum is v3.7.3

Yes, as this translation feature is on your forum, and if non-members can't reach your forum then they won't be able to reach this feature either.

Now, if you allow non-members to view the forum but only want to provide this translation feature to registered members, then place these lines of code around this mod's whole section of code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']">
  (this mod's code)
</if>

We use this mod on 3.7.3 without any problems, by the way.

[wraggster]

this looks fantastic but is the mod the same one thats on the forum now

http://f800riders.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=67

because that mod looks a lot better than what the code implies.

im also curious to know if this bring visitors from other regions of world ?

[chick]

Originally Posted by wraggster

this looks fantastic but is the mod the same one thats on the forum now

http://f800riders.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=67

because that mod looks a lot better than what the code implies.

im also curious to know if this bring visitors from other regions of world ?

is this mod the same???

[Meestor_X]

http://f800riders.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=67

You must have added to this mod. There's drop-down at the top left of the page as well as one to the right of the forum style chooser.

What's the code for the mod as it shows on your forum?

[DieselMinded]

is this available for vb 4 ?