New Mod :Instant Language Translation

[chuckroast]

This little script/hack will allow readers from other countries to read the submitted story in their own language.

This means a site owner can now gain new audiences.

It currently translates the following.

English to Spanish
English to German
English to Russian
English to Italian
English to French
English to Chinese

If you like this module please consider making a donation to the author. (that's me!)



--------Installation instructions.. ---------

Download and unpack the files.
Upload the images contained in the images folder to your template/images folder.
Open link_summary.tpl in your templates folder and add the included code in translate.txt to the bottom of link_summary.tpl (copy and paste)
Save your addition to link_summary.tpl and upload it back to yor server.
Done!

If you would like a customized language translation script. The cost is $20.00 Private MSG me for details.

ENJOY!

[AshDigg]

Very cool. Do you have a demo site?

I added a .ZIP (even though RAR is bestest)

[Geoserv]

Is there a similar mod to translate your entire pligg site with one click?

Geoserv

[chuckroast]

Is there a similar mod to translate your entire pligg site with one click?

Actually you could removes all {$story_url} from the code and paste it all into your sidebar.tpl

[Geoserv]

Perfect works like a charm.

Heres the code I used to get the translation go sitewide:

<font size="1">Translate:&nbsp;
<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en|es&hl=en&ie =UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=/language_tools">
<img src="{$my_pligg_base}/templates/{$the_template}/images/spanish.png" align="absmiddle"></a> <a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en|es&hl=en&ie =UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=/language_tools">Spa

nish</a> |
<a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Cde&hl=en& ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools"

><img src="{$my_pligg_base}/templates/{$the_template}/images/german.png" align="absmiddle"><a/> <a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Cde&hl=en& ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools"

>German</a> |
<a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Cru&hl=en& ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools"

><img src="{$my_pligg_base}/templates/{$the_template}/images/russian.png" align="absmiddle"><a/> <a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Cru&hl=en& ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools"

>Russian</a> |
<a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Cit&hl=en& ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools"

><img src="{$my_pligg_base}/templates/{$the_template}/images/itialian.png" align="absmiddle"></a> <a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Cit&hl=en& ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools"

>Italian </a> |
<a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Cfr&hl=en& ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools"

><img src="{$my_pligg_base}/templates/{$the_template}/images/french.png" align="absmiddle"></a> <a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Cfr&hl=en& ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools"

>French</a> |
<a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Czh-TW&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_too

ls"><img src="{$my_pligg_base}/templates/{$the_template}/images/chinese.png" align="absmiddle"></a> <a

href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u={$my_base_url}&langpair=en%7Czh-TW&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_too

ls">Chinese</a> |</p></font>

Thanks for the mod.

Working sample of sitewide translation with links in sidebar:

http://www.newsdots.com

Geoserv

[Geoserv]

Any idea how to make it to when it gets translated, the Google Frame gets automatically broken, its an option you have currently after it is translated.

Geoserv.

[Geoserv]

I noticed that when it translates, the main navigation gets translated to either the pligg name value or something.

It takes:

<li id="navhome"><a href="{$my_base_url}{$my_pligg_base}" class="main"><span>{#PLIGG_Visual_Home#}</span><p style="font-size:10px; padding: 5px:">Spot the Dots</p></a></li>

My pligg base is News Dots, and translates into "Home", how can I fix the code so it actually trranslates News Dots? It doesn't translate "Spot the Dots" at all.


I figured out the part about translating in to home, I somehow changed the pligg value, but it still doesn't trrnaslate the "Spot the Dots" part.

Geoserv.