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Translate pages for readers?

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:45 pm
by johnsont
I've had a request to add the option for viewers to translate the website, much like the translate option available on this page: https://mls.sau88.net/

Is there a way I can do this with CMS Made Simple?

Thanks,
Tessa

Re: Translate pages for readers?

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:34 pm
by Dr.CSS
Who would do the translations..?

Re: Translate pages for readers?

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:18 pm
by DIGI3
That page is using a Google widget to do auto translations, nothing to do with the CMS really.

You can either do something like that by embedding the widget provided by Google or, if you want more control and will translate the content yourself, there's various module and non-module methods.

Re: Translate pages for readers?

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:20 pm
by johnsont
Thanks all. Yes, I saw that they were using Google Translate. I've read in various places that Google Translate doesn't do a great job, so I was just wondering if CMSMS had a module or something. I guess not. I'll keep looking into Google Translate.

Thanks,
Tessa

Re: Translate pages for readers?

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:47 pm
by Dr.CSS
If you translate the page yourself you can set them up as children pages of the page in question then set as not in menu, then make a drop/select menu for those child pages...

Re: Translate pages for readers?

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 1:36 am
by DIGI3
The Eridu module does a nice job of managing it, but it does *not* do the translations for you. You would have to provide the translated pages. If you want auto-translations, then yes, the Google option is best.

Re: Translate pages for readers?

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:02 pm
by johnsont
Thanks all. There's no way I can translate the pages, so I guess Google Translate is my answer. Thanks for the feedback!