[off-topic] Simple ways to get google translate to handle it for you
- From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:51:25 +0200
Since the standard google translate site is rather cluttered with 'smart'
content, reckon/think the following examples might be of minor interest if
interested -
To quickly/easily get it to translate a phrase/term:
http://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=af&text=how+are+you+feeling
On that result page, find text/edit box, and it will have original text in it -
in english in this case (sl=en) and below that will be Afrikaans translation
result (tl=af) - sl is source language and tl is target language, and the text
value, I just replaced spaces with + character, and ignored/removed any
punctuation, since while shouldn't necessarily be an issue, might sometimes.
Then, if you wanted to translate a webpage, the following is an example:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=en&tl=af&u=http://www.blindza.co.za/
Give it a bit of time to load, and then look for sort of embedded frame, which
should contain the result - in this case the Afrikaans translation of my
website - and in the address/URL, while sl and tl still mean source and target
languages, u is for URL, etc.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
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