Free Thread Translator

Well someone requested this as a hack, but it ended up being a template modification so it's here.

Anyway, what this does is adding a drop down menu with a list of languages, and you just select one and the thread will be translates.

The install this, add the following HTML code:

	<td align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td><smallfont><b>Translate Thread:</b><br>
	<select name="lang" onchange="window.location=('http://fets3.freetranslation.com:5081/?Url=path_to_forums%2Fshowthread.php%3Fs%3D%26threadid%3D$threadid&Sequence=core&Language='+this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
		<option value="-1" selected>Please select direction:</option>
		<option value="English/Spanish">English to Spanish</option>
		<option value="English/French">English to French</option>
		<option value="English/German">English to German</option>
		<option value="English/Italian">English to Italian</option>
		<option value="English/Norwegian">English to Norwegian</option>
		<option value="English/Portuguese">English to Portuguese</option>
		<option value="Spanish/English">Spanish to English</option>
		<option value="French/English">French to English</option>
		<option value="German/English">German to English</option>
		<option value="Italian/English">Italian to English</option>
		<option value="Portuguese/English">Portuguese to English</option>
	</select></smallfont></td></tr></table></td>

right before this:

	<td align="center">$adminoptions</td>

in your showthread template.

You only need to change the red part, like this. If the forum is at http://www.vbulletin.com/forum you need to replace the red part with "www.vbulletin.com%2Fforum" (you drop the http:// and change / into %2F as you can see!).

That's it.

[Lucky]

Hey buddy,

I take it that if that server goes down so does the translation.
I got on an hr ago with yours but their site must be down. hehe.

Is there an alternative site to go to if this one should go down?

[Admin]

Yup, if that site goes down the translator won't work.
And no, I don't know of another site that offers this server.

[GrphicImprssion]

Firefly, have a question my bb is completely password potected,..you can not view my forums without being logged in as a registered user,...can this hack be modified to account for that? I installed it and everythime i tried to use it , i was returned to my bb login screen translated into whatever language i selected??? maybe? hopefully?

[eva2000]

Originally posted by FireFly
Yup, if that site goes down the translator won't work.
And no, I don't know of another site that offers this server.

how about

http://translation.lycos.com/

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

[eva2000]

and looks like freetranslation is load balanced or using round robin dns on several servers

fets1.freetranslation.com
fets2.freetranslation.com
fets3.freetranslation.com
fets4.freetranslation.com
fets5.freetranslation.com

[Lucky]

Originally posted by GrphicImprssion
Firefly, have a question my bb is completely password potected,..you can not view my forums without being logged in as a registered user,...can this hack be modified to account for that? I installed it and everythime i tried to use it , i was returned to my bb login screen translated into whatever language i selected??? maybe? hopefully?

I am having this same problem.
Even me the administrator.
You would think that when your users are logged in that they would be able to use this service:
http://fets3.freetranslation.com:508...showthread.php

Any one who can help me with this is appreciated.

[okrogius]

Originally posted by GrphicImprssion
Firefly, have a question my bb is completely password potected,..you can not view my forums without being logged in as a registered user,...can this hack be modified to account for that? I installed it and everythime i tried to use it , i was returned to my bb login screen translated into whatever language i selected??? maybe? hopefully?

Modify whats after the red in that line from
%2Fshowthread.php%3Fs%3D%26threadid%3D$threadid&Se quence=core&Language='+this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">

to
%2Fshowthread.php%3Fs%3D$session[sessionhash]%26threadid%3D$threadid&Sequence=core&Language='+t his.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">

[kermit]

i too have the same problem .. think it must have to check username and pass in the database but how do you do that?..

[kermit]

tried that.. but still the same.