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  1. SunSeven profile image90
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    Since we have a lot of non-english and ESL members and readers, I think it will be a good idea to have a 'translate this page' widget or something similar. For example I get considerable traffic from google.com.ph, google.com.pk, google.de, google.se, google.fr, google.fi, google.com.br, google.com.mx    , google.nl, google.no, google.it etc.

    Posted 17 months ago
  2. guidebaba profile image81
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    Excellent Suggestion SunSeven.

    Posted 17 months ago
  3. Uninvited Writer profile image99
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    As long as the translation actually makes sense wink

    Posted 17 months ago
  4. Mark Knowles profile image97
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    I honestly think it is a waste of time. I have a bunch of foreign language versions of my site and I despair of getting it translated automatically and making any sense.

    Posted 17 months ago
  5. guidebaba profile image81
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    Sir Mark: I went to ihaozhai but did not understand. Had there been a "Translate This: Button, it would have been useful.

    Posted 17 months ago
  6. Mark Knowles profile image97
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    lol

    Ihaozhai is a Chinese language version of my main blog. And a translate this button would have done you no good at all. The auto systems just turn it into gobbledegook smile

    Posted 17 months ago
  7. Pete Michner profile image88
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    Maybe one day there could be other hubpages just like how the English Wikipedia is at http://en.wikipedia.org and the Spanish one is at http://es.wikipedia.org and so on, the English hubpages could be http://en.hubpages.com, the Chinese one http://cn.hubpages.com, etc...
    P.S. how do you make those examples I just gave un-hyperlinked?

    Posted 17 months ago
  8. Mark Knowles profile image97
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    Hubpages have talked about a foreign language version. The problem, of course, is you need a system admin that is fluent in that language smile

    Posted 17 months ago
  9. Pete Michner profile image88
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    您做一個好观点 smile
    (I just said he made a good point)

    Posted 17 months ago
  10. guidebaba profile image81
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    Sir Mark: "gobbledegook" Thank you for this info. I will work on this "Translation" Topic and see how useful it actually is ! Never tried it very seriously.

    roll

    Posted 17 months ago
  11. Mark Knowles profile image97
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    It is easy enough to try out. Just throw any URL into this and hey presto! Gobbledegook smile

    http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en

    Posted 17 months ago
  12. rmr profile image93
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    Mark Knowles wrote:

    It is easy enough to try out. Just throw any URL into this and hey presto! Gobbledegook smile

    http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en

    Maybe if you put in gobbledegook, you'll get something sensible back.

    Posted 17 months ago
  13. Princessa profile image99
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    Mark Knowles wrote:

    I honestly think it is a waste of time. I have a bunch of foreign language versions of my site and I despair of getting it translated automatically and making any sense.

    automatic translation are a waste of time, I have never used one that is worth recommending.  Usually they just make translating longer and more difficult.

    Posted 17 months ago
  14. SunSeven profile image90
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    Ah! Babel smile big_smile

    Posted 17 months ago
  15. premsingh profile image94
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    SunSeven wrote:

    Ah! Babel smile big_smile

    Oh! No SunSeven, Are you getting jealous of princessa's new avatar?

    Posted 17 months ago
  16. guidebaba profile image81
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    Sir Mark: translated my website from English to Hindi through your suggested site. It makes the job even worse. I can do it much better manually. But I am still wondering on the Technology/Programming they use. I am myself a Programmer and an expert in Visual Basic and have developed several programs. But this translation programming is out of my head.sad

    Posted 17 months ago
  17. guidebaba profile image81
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    Pete Michner wrote:

    您做一個好观点 smile
    (I just said he made a good point)

    Just translated and got - 您做一個好观点 = You do a good view (What does this mean? !@#$%^&)mad

    Posted 17 months ago
  18. Adjust profile image34
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    Excellent suggestion SunSeven, it is like a welcome to our visitors, but in my opinion this is not the time for the HubPages to do it. 

    <snipped unrelated links>

    Posted 17 months ago
  19. Squimpleton profile image87
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    Like everyone else said. Auto-translators are usually not good enough. The best option would be to make alternate hubpages domain and have the authors manually translate their hubs themselves kind of like in wikipedia.

    Posted 17 months ago
  20. SunSeven profile image90
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    premsingh wrote:

    SunSeven wrote:

    Ah! Babel smile big_smile

    Oh! No SunSeven, Are you getting jealous of princessa's new avatar?

    Babel = http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seri … ries=babel

    Posted 17 months ago
 
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