When trying to decrypt a foreign language, it can often seem like you are trying to hack into an AES encrypted server. You do what you can, but in the end there was no hope. The same thing happens when you come across a website with a country domain value in an unfamiliar language.
This is one of those things that keeps gamers awake at night when they want to play a region-specific game from South Korea, or when a couch potato tries to shop at local online stores abroad. How the hell are you supposed to retrieve information if you can’t even read it?
Fear not, as Google has provided users with its own translation options. Any of these should be enough to help you combat the confusion written on your face as well as on your computer screen.
How to Translate a Google Web Page
There are several ways Google can translate a web page. Most of them take very little time and effort to implement.
We have Google Translate web tool, which is a web browsing tool that allows you to translate words, sentences, phrases, and full translations of web pages. There is also a Google Translate extension that provides translation capabilities similar to the web tool, but with a little more convenience. The extension is currently only available for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Brave browsers.
There are also google input tools It is not so much a real translator as it is a way of communicating in another written language, alternative symbols and everything else. It’s interesting enough that you enjoy using it on its own, but it might also be relevant to your Google Language searches.
Finally, we have the Google Website Translator WordPress plugin. This is more suitable for those who have their own website that require automatic translation of their site into the readers’ native language.
Web Tool and Google Translate Extension
To get instant translation from one language to another, use Google Translate. It comes in two forms – a website tool and an extension – both offer pretty much every language you can think of in the real world (not Klingon, sorry).
Whether you have a word, phrase, web page, or even an entire site that you need to translate, Google Translate will do the hard work for you to the best of its ability.
Web Tool
- To use the Web Tool, go to translate.google.com
- In the box on the right, select the language you want to translate from by clicking the down arrow. There are many languages ??to choose from, so to keep your eyes open, type your language in the language search bar and press Enter.
- Select the language you want to translate the word, phrase, etc., by following the same steps as for the right margin.
- After selecting the languages, enter your text in the left margin. box and it will appear in the translation on the right.
- To translate the entire document, you can click the “Documents” button and upload or drag it to the appropriate area.
- As long as it is available for translation, it will translate the document into your preferred language.
- Need to translate an entire web page or website? Add the URL to the left box so that a clickable link appears in the right box.
- This creates a translated link.
- Click the link and the website or page it goes to will be translated into the language of your choice.
Extension
- For the extension, you need to go to the Chrome Web Store
- Extensions only work in Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Brave browsers.
- Click the “Add to _” button to install the extension to your browser.
- After installation, the icon should appear in your browser’s icon bar. It is usually located in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Right-click the Google Translate extension icon and choose Options from the menu.
- The only thing you really need to worry about is setting your primary language.
- If everything is ok, save.
- Right-click the icon again and select Can Read and Edit Site Data> On All Sites.
- Then go to the website or page you want to translate.
- Left-click on the Google Translate extension and click on the TRANSLATE THIS PAGE link.
- This will take from a few seconds to minutes, depending on the volume of the translation. When finished, the text on the page should be in the language of your choice.
- After translation, a pop-up should appear at the top of the page.
- You will be able to switch between the current and source language with one click of a button.
Google Input Tools for writing in any language
Google entry Tools for writing in any language
This Google feature is designed to help anyone trying to type something in another language. That is, a language that contains special characters. It offers the ability to choose the language you want to write in, as well as the input tools to use at work.
For those unfamiliar with special characters and keyboard codes with the ALT sequence, this can be a godsend. They even offer you the option to try it out before downloading the plugin. If you’re happy with a little copy and paste, you don’t even need a plugin.
- Go to the Try it out tab.
- Select your language and tool (usually your keyboard) and start typing in the field.
- You will notice your input tool in the lower right corner of the screen.
- If you have selected a keyboard and your language requires it, the keys shown will look slightly different from the ones you are using. This is quick access to any special characters that you might need when writing in your chosen language.
- There is also a special characters button that you can click, it is not in the input tool.
- Another cool thing about the menu is the ability to draw your own symbol.
Once you’ve written what needs to be written, you can copy and paste wherever needed. However, if you plan on using it frequently, the Chrome extension will be of great benefit. Go to the In Chrome tab and follow the instructions to download and install the extension.
You can also opt out of using it in your browser and instead only use it on certain Google services. Click the In Google Services tab and select one or more of the available services to make Google Input Tools work for you.
Google Website Translator Plugin for WordPress
If you have your own website, you can use the Google Website Translator plugin for WordPress to have Google translate your website into 91+ languages ??automatically. Basically, you will be providing the Google Translate service right on your site for readers who may not know how to get it themselves.
This will require you to agree to add the shortcode to your website pages. Small sites can do without adding it to every page, while for a larger site it is best to design a template with Google Translate in mind.
You can add the plugin to your site by downloading it from the official WordPress page or by downloading and installing Jetpack
- An easier way to do this is to go to your WordPress admin panel.
- Click Plugins, then Add New, then Load Plugin.
- Select the downloaded zip file, install and activate.
- You should then be able to find Prisna Google Website Translator in the plugins main menu.
- Here you can configure a lot of settings, including how the Google Translate button will look on your site, what languages ??you want to enable translation.
- One of the best options that you can enable is on the Advanced tab:
- Automatically display the translation banner – in this case, the user’s native language is automatically displayed in the translation banner if it differs from yours site.
- Your page has content in multiple languages ??- select this option if your site content contains more than one language. This will let the plugin know and expect it when translating for others.
- Track translation data with Google Analytics – this is especially useful if you want to track traffic to your site. You will see where the bulk of your audience comes from and how often the plugin is used.
- One of the best options that you can enable is on the Advanced tab:
- Once all the parameters are set you will need to either go to the widget admin page or use the shortcode provided when setting your parameters. Then you can add it to your pages, posts, categories and any other WordPress resource.
Do you use Google Translate tools? If so, let us know in the comments what you think of the translation standard.
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