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If your blog is targeted to a broader horizon of viewers , then it sometimes becomes essential to provide a language translation option which can in turn help promoting your blog traffic too ......

The most popular Web-based language translation tools are offered by Google, AltaVista Babelfish and WorldLingo. Using these services, web audiences who speak English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, Korean or Russian will be able to translate websites into their own native language.

There are two methods to let your visitors translate your website in a different language :

1. All these services provide a translation box. To translate a webpage, you can simply go to one of these and type in the URL of the website you want to translate, choose the source and target language, and click the Translate button. (World Lingo, Google Translate, BabelFish Translate)

2.You can also integrate the translation form in the website itself so that the users doesnt have to visit any external page for translation. Your web visitors will be able to translate foreign language content into their native language by simply clicking the country flag icon. (Notice the top right corner of this page to see the various country flag icons).

Make a HTML/javascript element and simply cut and paste the following code into it :

# Alta Vista Babel Fish :

Babel Fish Translate is available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. Just add the following single line of JavaScript code :


<br /><script language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://www.altavista.com/static/scripts/translate_engl.js"></script>

#Google Translate :

Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Simplified). Remember to replace the value of variable "w" with the URL of your website. The translated pages can even be bookmarked.


<table width="320"> <tr> <td> </td> <form action="http://www.google.com/translate" target="_blank"> <td width="40"><script language="JavaScript"> <!-- document.write ("<input name="w" value="+location.href+" type="hidden">") // --> </script> <noscript> <input name="w" value="http://blogger-station.blogspot.com" type="hidden"> </noscript> <input name="hl" value="en" type="hidden"> <input name="ie" value="UTF8" type="hidden"> <input name="langpair" value="" type="hidden"> <input name="langpair" value="enfr" title="Français/French" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539949_e76af75976.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30"> </td> <td width="40"><input name="langpair" value="ende" title="Deutsch/German" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539933_041ca1eda2.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30"> </td> <td width="40"><input name="langpair" value="enit" title="Italiano/Italian" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539953_0384ccecf9.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30"> </td> <td width="40"><input name="langpair" value="enpt" title="Português/Portuguese" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539966_0d09b410b5.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30"> </td> <td width="40"><input name="langpair" value="enes" title="Español/Spanish" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539946_2fabed0dbf.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30"> </td> <td width="40"><input name="langpair" value="enja" title="日本語/Japanese" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539955_925e6683c8.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30"> </td> <td width="40"><input name="langpair" value="enko" title="한국어/Korean" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539958_3c3b482c95.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30"> </td> <td width="40"><input name="langpair" value="enzh-CN" title="中文（简体）/Chinese Simplified" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/14324441_5ca5ce3423.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30"> </td> </form> </tr> </table>

#World Lingo URL Translator

World Lingo is a beneficial service since Google indexes the static URLs translated by World Lingo. Thus,your website can be found on Google even if the search is for non-english terms. World Lingo supports English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Chinese , Japanese, Korean and Russian.


<table width="320"> <tr> <td width="40"><a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/translate?wl_fl=2&wl_url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$">&wl_lp=en-fr"><img alt="Français/French" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539949_e76af75976.jpg" height="20" width="30" /></a> </td> <td width="40"><a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/translate?wl_fl=2&wl_url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$">&wl_lp=en-de"><img alt="Deutsch/German" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539933_041ca1eda2.jpg" height="20" width="30" /></a> </td> <br /><td width="40"><a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/translate?wl_fl=2&wl_url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$">&wl_lp=en-it"><img alt="Italiano/Italian" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539953_0384ccecf9.jpg" height="20" width="30" /></a> </td> <td width="40"><a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/translate?wl_fl=2&wl_url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$">&wl_lp=en-pt"><img alt="Português/Portuguese" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539966_0d09b410b5.jpg" height="20" width="30" /></a> </td> <td width="40"><a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/translate?wl_fl=2&wl_url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$">&wl_lp=en-es"><img alt="Español/Spanish" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539946_2fabed0dbf.jpg" height="20" width="30" /></a> </td> <td width="40"><a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/translate?wl_fl=2&wl_url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$">&wl_lp=en-ja"><img alt="日本語/Japanese" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539955_925e6683c8.jpg" height="20" width="30" /></a> </td> <td width="40"><a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/translate?wl_fl=2&wl_url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$">&wl_lp=en-ko"><img alt="한국어/Korean" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539958_3c3b482c95.jpg" height="20" width="30" /></a> </td> <td width="40"><a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/translate?wl_fl=2&wl_url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$">&wl_lp=en-zh_cn"><img alt="中文（简体）/Chinese Simplified" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/14324441_5ca5ce3423.jpg" height="20" width="30" /></a> </td> </tr> </table>

wl_url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$> in the URL will need to change if your blog is hosted on another service like Typepad or Wordpress.