Multi-Language Translation Script by Patrick Hathway, OdinLab, University of Reading Version 0.2.5 [2010-01-22]
This script automatically translates a webpage (containing text in more than one language) into any single language requested by the user. This can be particularly useful for sites involving a lot of user-generated content (which might have originally been written by a number of users who speak different native languages) - e.g. blogs, forums, or other community sites. The script harnesses the Google AJAX Language API to perform translation and language detection.
For more information about this script, please visit:
http://code.google.com/p/multi-language-translation/
From that website you will be able to view full documentation (including detailed usage instructions and examples); as well as get the latest updates; request any changes or new features; report any bugs or problems; or make any other comments. All feedback is extremely welcome!
USAGE INSTRUCTIONS:
Below are some instructions describing very briefly how to deploy this script on your website:
At this location of each page, a listbox will appear, allowing the user to change languages...
Open the file 'translate.js', and make the necessary configurations to the top of the script. The required changes are outlined within that file; and complete instructions/examples are shown in the full documentation [see the link above].
Upload the file 'translate.js' (as well as any changes made to any webpages in your site) to your server. Your work is complete!
The attached file 'example.htm' provides a very simple working example of the script in action. Please ensure that you have extracted both 'example.htm' and 'translate.js' from the archive into a new folder before opening the example. View the source of 'example.htm' to see comments describing how the script interacts with the page. For further examples and much more detailed usage instructions, please check the full documentation.
SCRIPT LICENCE:
The MIT License
Copyright (c) 2009 Patrick Hathway, OdinLab, University of Reading
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
[IMPORTANT NOTE: Portions of this script directly interact with ("invoke") functionality of the Google AJAX Language API, which is governed by the AJAX API Terms of Use - see: http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/ajaxlanguage/terms.html It is therefore Your responsibility to ensure that Your usage of this script on Your website fully complies with those terms. The developer of this script is in no way affiliated with Google. For more information, please see the full documentation.]
Thank you for your interest in this script. If you have any problems, questions, comments, or suggestions, please visit the website above and get in touch!
Patrick Hathway, 22nd January 2010