Forum Display Enhancements - vB Enterprise Translator

2.3.15 RELEASED - TRANSLATIONS NEVER WERE SO FAST!!!

Great thanks to all who nominate vBET and allow us to win MOTM :up:

This mod translates your forum using FREE translations for over 30 languages from Yandex API. It is 100% FREE in version described here (2.x).
Note: using this mod (vBET 2.x) is free and bound by license agreement (see below)

Yandex translation gives you 1 000 000 FREE characters per DAY to translate. Please note that Yandex do not supports all language pairs, but vBET detects automatically which are supported for your forum language.

Version for vBulletin 4.0 is here: vBET 2.4.x for vBulletin 4.0

vBET 3.x released!
Please note that vBET 3.x is developed as separate product line and it is available here: vBET 3.x. Full version is paid, it supports 53 languages each to each translation, using: Google, Microsoft, Apertium, Yandex, SDL BeGlobal and DetectLanguage. It has lot of optimizations for booth performance and translations costs.

LIVE DEMO - note that demo shows functionality of full version (3.x/4.x), which has more features than 2.x
See also screen shots below, for configuration options

Features:
- Translation by Yandex (in PRO version supports 53 languages using several translation providers)
- Optimized cache, algorhitms and more performance options - PRO version only
- Translates URLs and RSS - PRO version only
- Supports multi language communities (allows to write in different languages) - PRO version only
- Links appropriate for SEO consensus (configurable) - even without any SEO mod
- Long texts are translated no matter how big those are
- Translation cache (after first translation results are cached and next page generation is much faster)
- Doesn't translate BB codes for code, php and html (must refresh post cache to see effect on existing posts Admin CP -> Maintenance -> Update Counters -> Rebuild Post Cache)
- Easy installation - just upload files and import product file
- Highly configurable and easy configuration - by Admin CP (see screenschots)
- Configurable place for flags - simply select in options where you want to have translation flags. NO MANUAL TEMPLATE MODIFICATION. Supported: Footer-Bottom, Footer-Top, Navbar-Bottom, Navbar-Top, Custom
- Possible custom place for flags - in such case just edit template which you want and add $vbenterprisetranslatorflags
- Translates also archive pages
- Reverse page direction for Arabic, Hebrew and Persian languages
- Not translated save areas - if you need something to be not translated simply edit appropriate template and put it between
<!--START vBET NOT TRANSLATED AREA--> and <!--END vBET NOT TRANSLATED AREA--> (note: you cannot use any mod which removes comments to use this functionality)

Installation:
1. Download zip package (last release - see index at the end of file name)
2. Upload to your forum directory on server everything inside upload directory
3. Import in vB Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product -> Choose product file, set Allow Overwrite to yes and click Import
4. Click here: "Mark as Installed" Thanks!
5. Configure in AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> vBulletin Options -> vB Enterprise Translator
You MUST configure at least Forum language and Yandex Translation API key. NOTE that there are some other important options - especially if your forum is in subdirectory or if you use vbSEO.

For MORE INFO and troubleshooting please read first post There is FAQ. So save your time for writing questions which are already answered and get your solution faster

Known issues:
- link for page on which you are doesn't track translation, cause it has same URL as flag for forum default language

ENJOY! :up:

And thanks for nominations

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LICENSE AGREEMENT - using this mod you agree for those conditions:
- you are NOT allowed to remove credit link under any conditions
- removing credit link means BREAKING LICENSE AGREEMENT and you lose your rights to use this mod
- using it after that is illegal, it is software PIRACY and it will be notified in vBulletin community and other places, including appropriate government/police units in your country
- author of this mod reserves the right to change the terms of this license agreement at any time. Failure to receive notification of a change does not make those changes invalid. A current copy of this license is and will be available here.

Please note that in full vBET version there is possibility to buy branding free license. There is no such possibility in free version included here.

Version history:
2.3.15 Changes:
- Fixed canonical link
- Fixed issue with SSL verification
2.3.14 Changes:
- Added 48 new languages pairs
- Updated link to Yandex in configuration
- When translation limit is reached now we show original text instead of empty message
2.3.13 Updated link to Yandex API key
2.3.12 Google changed to Yandex translations
2.3.11 Added "Affiliate Program" parameter
2.3.10 Footer bug corrected
2.3.9 userip added to Google translation request + small bug fixed
2.3.8 Small bug fixed - now all supported languages can be chosen as forum default language
2.3.7 Bugs fixed:
- weird redirections with vbet_lang
- double language in URL
- changing text direction for specific languages
Added support for:
- usernames not translated in who is online
- supported URL replacements for canonical URL
2.3.6 Important fix! - there was issue with sending referrer header which is necessary by Google conditions. This one was fixed + issue with # in translation links
2.3.5 Important change - According to Google conditions referrer header must be added to each translation query - otherwise you can be banned by Google. Install this version to avoid any troubles.
Changes:
- Added referrer header for Google translation queries
- Corrected bug for returning to forum main page from translated page
Also according to actual Google conditions your "Powered by Google" information should have Google logo. So please change text for flags in your vBET configuration to something like this:

Automatic Translations (Powered by <span style="vertical-align:sub;"><img src="http://www.google.com/uds/css/small-logo.png" alt="Powered by Google" border="0"/></span>):

You can customize it but "Powered by Google" should stay.
2.3.4 Important bug fixed! Corrected translation of meta keywords and description
2.3.3 Important bug fixed! And also some other bugs fixed
- Fixed bug with shifted results caching
- Fixed bug for URLs to javascript functions
- Fixed bug for not translating usernames in postbit
- Little cosmetic changes
2.3.2 Really little changes.
- Changed default value of "Links title" attribute, to be more accurate for Google conditions
- Little template changed for flags, so "Link title" font will be smaller (just like vB info in footer)
- Small bug fixed
2.3.1 Some little bug fixes. Confirmed working with vbSEO 3.3.1 and confirmed working SEO links on forums with vbSEO and subdirectory in URL
2.3.0 Great news for those without vbSEO
- Supports translation SEO links even without vbSEO
- Translate Google Maps (configurable)
- Little optimizations (i.e. included only necessary things for not translated pages)
- Supports several cache cleaning strategies (optimization for really big forums) and automatically disables cache for cleaning time to avoid read/write conflicts
2.2.1 Small bug fixed with returning to default language for main page and SEO links (happens only for specific vbSEO configuration, so you don't need to update if 2.2.0 is working for you)
2.2.0 Translation tracking is working even when redirection by some mod occures (configurable reaction time)
2.1.0 9 new translation languages added! Also:
- Redirect to user language functionality - configurable (disabled, forced, after asking user does he want to be redirected).
- Fixed bug for SEO links with forums acting like directories by id.
- Corrected several flags
Update note: if you use SEO links you must change .htaccess file according to description in first post. If you changed any vbseo.php rules ? un-change those.
2.0.3 Quick bug fixing (issue with bitfields in options panel)
2.0.2 Added option to set your forum main domain for tracking URL's in subdomains
2.0.1 Small bug fixed and added direction changing suport also for Hebrew
2.0.0 Some small or medium changes and one big - for vbSEO users now SEO consensus links available.
What's new:
- Links appropriate for SEO consensus (configurable)
- Persian support added
- Doesn't translate BB codes for code, php and html (must refresh post cache to see effect on existing posts Admin CP -> Maintenance -> Update Counters -> Rebuild Post Cache)
- Reverse page direction for Arabic and Persian languages
- Option to set forum directory if not linked to domain
- Few bugs fixed
1.1.1 Some little changes and bugs fixed
- Re-encode not translated parts, so there is no strange signs in scripts, images title etc.
- Corrected flag for Sweden
- Few harmless bug fixed in translation tracking and cache disabling
- Respecting Google conditions default flags title have link to Google (configurable)
1.1.0 Lot of new features and no longer in beta stage
- Long texts are translated no matter how big those are
- Cache is working for chosen languages (you simply select for each language does translations should be cached)
- Option to add Google Translate API key for translation requests
- Configurable cache time to live and scheduled task which automatically remove old cache.
- Option to show flags only for guests
- Option to easily remove flags border (without any style changing)
- Option to not translate usernames
- During translation changes param lang in html tag
- Option to translate messages changed by vBSEO to JavaScript (it has such functionality for SEO purposes)
1.0.5 Flags showing correctly for forums in subdirectory + corrected returning to base language
1.0.4 Bug fixed with translation of '0' string. Also added little feature - if some parts of your forum uses vbSEO and some are not then now flags will have appropriate URL's everywhere
1.0.3 Big bug fixed Mod doesn't mess in template anymore (it did in some specific cases)
1.0.2 Small bug fixed - error with array merge solved
1.0.1 Small bug fixed - now choosing supported languages in options works fine
1.0.0 Great mod released

[Manic Mechanic]

I am not that familiar with codes and stuff and do not know what vBSEO is. I have installed this on my 3.8.4 vBulletin forum and it works fantastically. Now waiting for the upgrade to translate posts in another language to English, that is my default language. I have had members checking the translations and they say it is very good so far. Thank you very much for this cool mod.

[imported_silkroad]

Originally Posted by nectons

edit2: and another one thing.. The translation in FF it is 2 times (maybe better) FASTER than in IE

Well, frankly speaking, there is no reason for the translations to be faster or slower in any browser. The translations are a server-side technology, not a client side technology.

If you are experiencing different loading speeds in various browsers, it has nothing to do with the translation back end processing.

[imported_silkroad]

Hey NPL-er!

Did you see this code? Might come in handy ....

Set forum-language automatic to browser-language for first-visitors

[Aclikyano]

Originally Posted by Aclikyano

how to fix this error on top of header:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent in [path]/includes/vbenterprisetranslator_functions.php on line 408


happens when a language is chosen...

do i need SEO to run this hack or something?? i dunno

[CThiessen]

Originally Posted by anzo

I keep having some CSS problem after installation. You can see what I mean here: http://latforums.lv/thread42555.html?language=ja Did I set something wrong? How do I fix it?

If i compare the Source-code of your original and translated Page there is on character with my browser is nor able to display:
Original:

content="Лунный Новый Год, отмечаемый в храме г. Окаяма, Япония, имеет один довольно странны�" /> 

In the translation the ending " /> is missing

content="Лунный Новый Год, отмечаемый в храме г. Окаяма, Япония, имеет один довольно странны

You might try to use a different word instead of "странны�".

Christian

[redraider]

Originally Posted by NLP-er

Yes Jaryx is helping me for a while by accessing his forum. Many small bugs with URL tracking on his forum was discovered and debugged there. If I would made this mod only for myself I wouldn?t care about others configurations. I made it also for others and I spend my time to make this mod working for others forums configurations.

Jaryx helps me to help him That?s why he has working this mod in 100%. His forum is not in subdirectory. So if someone really wants SEO links for forum placed in subdirectory then I will gladly give it to him as fast as he will give me playground. As far (besides you) no one cares enough to let me help him in that. If no one cares about this, It means for me that no one cares about having SEO links in forums placed in subdirecory And If no one cares about this I have no reason to spend my time to do this... It is so simple

I think some people will really appreciate your effort if you give me opportunity to help them, even if they don't care to match about this I think they will be happy to have it. So I will gladly welcome your test forum with vbSEO and subdirectory in URL, which will give me opportunity to make this mod even better

Thank you

I working on creating a test forum .... will take me a bit ... I will let you know.

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by Aclikyano

how to fix this error on top of header:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent in [path]/includes/vbenterprisetranslator_functions.php on line 408


happens when a language is chosen...

something wants to send headers after content is already send. First you have to recognize which mod is guilty. Please disable one by one and check when issue disappear. After that tell me which mod is trying to modify headers (please give me link to this mod) - I will check which hooks are used there and maybe find out some solution which will allow you to use it with my mod without conflict

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by imported_silkroad

Ah! I checked and Google follows the obsolete standard ISO 639

http://www.mcanerin.com/EN/articles/meta-language.asp

And we fallow Google...

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by ghisirds

I have installed vB Enterprise Translator.
The problem is this: I would like to use it with the url system of vbseo, having already installed it.
I have followed the suggestions in this page to modify the htaccess but I have always an error.
I have tried to add the same strings inside the file vbseo.php, but It tell me that the file is corrupted.
Can you give me a solution?

Actual version do NOT require any changes in vbseo.php. Which suggestions about modify htaccess did you fallow? Please use instructions from first post, where FAQ is included.

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by anzo

I keep having some CSS problem after installation. You can see what I mean here: http://latforums.lv/thread42555.html?language=ja Did I set something wrong? How do I fix it?

I see what the problem is. There is some strange sign (not alfanumerical) at the end of your meta description (see source in browser) - and this one crashes translation for description. That is why on other pages this problem doesn't exists - other pages have other description.

As I see looking for original and translated sources it crashes exactly on this strange sign - translation for description is not done and meta is not closed.

I will need access to your forum to debug this. If you don't want to share access then you can just change description for this page.