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I am privileged to serve as the Chief Technology Office for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), am married to a beautiful wife, Debbie, and have three loving children. Above all however is my love for my Lord Jesus Christ. He has been more gracious to me than I could ever say.
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Google Announces New Translator Gadget for Websites
Written by Jolie O’Dell / September 30, 2009 3:32 PM / 0 Comments
Google is now giving webmasters the ability to prompt users for automatic translations of their pages. With the new website translator gadget, site owners can paste a short snippet of code into their websites and instantly increase their reach to up to 51 languages.
The gadget will automatically detect a user’s preferred language, and if that user’s language settings differ from the content on the gadget-enabled website, a frame will appear over the web page, prompting the user to click a button for instant translation of all text content.
In a post today on the official Google blog, these screenshots were used to illustrate the simple, streamlined process:
Of course, the new feature will only work as well as Google Translate, which project manager Jeff Chin admits is best used to let readers “get the gist” of a page. Still, giving webmasters control over how users see their pages - with minimal effort and no downloads on the user’s part - will likely do a lot to expand both the reach of a given website and the breadth of information available to Internet users around the world.
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This seems like something churches in multicultural settings might try. While I believe the translation won’t be super accurate, it should give the non-english speaking web visitor an idea of what you are all about. If anybody tries it, let me know how it goes.
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