Do you have sites with international visitors? Think it could be useful to help non-English readers translate your sites to their languages? Me too. I heard that Google Gadgets offers a wide range of widgets, so I headed on over to see what translation tools are available.
I confirmed that Google Gadgets contains a huge library of widgets, but it takes some sifting and sorting to figure out what is the best one for your needs. Furthermore, I also found some gadgets were unavailable, some didn't work as expected, and some were gamed with hidden links to Amazon Associates and Commission Junction accounts, and other promotional destinations. (Hmm, why didn't I think of that?) As Google itself clearly states, "Google makes no representations about its performance, quality, or content." of the widgets available at Google Gadgets.
So I changed plans and tracked down the official sites for Google and Yahoo's translation widgets. Here is Google Translate:
Google Translate is installed on my WhyPark site:
www.NijoCastle.com
Here is Yahoo's Babel Fish Translation widget:
You can see Yahoo Babel Fish installed on my WhyPark site:
www.MountTaishan.com
If you are interested, you can obtain the code for your own copies of Google Translate and Yahoo Babel Fish at these sites:
http://translate.google.com/translate_tools
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
Finally, also note that I'm trying out Amazon's Carousel widget on both NijoCastle.com and MountTaishan.com. It is an attractive way to add images when Amazon provides 6 to 10 relevant products.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
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Hi Suonim
I think the google translate widget is great. I've used it on my domain bigairline.com.
The neatest thing about the widget is when you visit a site through a hyperlink in an article, that site is also translated.
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