Comments on: Instantly Translate Your Blog

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:13:44 +0000

You are going to install a WordPress Plugin for translation? The method described in this article is not a good one, so I do hope you are going to use a Plugin. There are some good ones.

This article was written a long time ago, and applies only to WordPress.com which does not have the ability to add WordPress Plugins. It was a work-around and is not a good thing to do. Use a Plugin.

By: Ana Paola

Ana Paola — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:43:03 +0000

Dear Lorelle,
I am going to install the translator on my blog. But a question remains for which I ask your help. I am Brazilian, live in Chile and studied in English. Thus I read/write reasonably well in Portuguese, Spanish and English. From using Babelfish and Google Translator, I have observed that the quality of the translation is rather poor. Why is that? Am I doing something wrong? If not, can I edit the translated materials before they are published? Thanks for your help!!

By: sarah

sarah — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:40:02 +0000

I copied and pasted, changed the site url to my own, and deleted the spaces, but I still just got code. ouf. help?

By: Atticus

Atticus — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:58:04 +0000

After looking through the various translation plugins, I decided to use a variation of this “poor man’s technique” for my site. Based on my stats, it looks that my visitors have been using them.

By: Rufas

Rufas — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:22:43 +0000

Hi Lorelle,

Just want to let you know I found the problem. You can see the solution here.

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/172977?replies=4

As for that sitemap, I had take it off and kick it aside, somewhere. It shouldn’t troubles anymore you unless you looking for it.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:11:11 +0000

@ mela:

Page Layout? I’m sorry, I can only help you with WordPress blogs. Contact your blog platform forum or guide for instructions on using Javascript on that system.

By: mela

mela — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:06:42 +0000

I have a question, i tried to make it work, both from english and spanish. For my blog, do I click on the page layout and add the ‘Configure HTML/JavaScript’ bar and copy the translate code for spanish and just paste it there?
thanks for your help!!

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:05:21 +0000

@ Rufas:

I just tried a couple of clicks and it works fine for me. You have design issues with the translations because you have design issues and problems with your site no matter what language it is in.

Also, a sitemap is a hidden file on your server that helps search engines index your site. A site map is a table of contents listing of your site’s contents. I sure wish I was in charge of naming things so these stupid naming conventions wouldn’t be so silly.

By: Rufas

Rufas — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:19:24 +0000

Hi Lorelle. I had problem with google. It seems google was unable to translate my website correctly, and my whole site is mirrored (left became right).

I had it XHTML and CSS checked, but no clue. Can you help?

Oh! I almost forgot! My website is http://datarecoveryproducts.com

PS Just click on the flags on the upper right hand corner and see for yourself.

By: Lior

Lior — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:51:50 +0000

Hi,
Thanks Great tip, I have recently wanted to translate my blog with a real human translation and used OneHourTranslation.com got great results and it’s really cheap