Auto Translate
UPDATE (2008-12-12): I plan to update this module to d6. Then I will refactor it to work with the Google AJAX Translation API. Expect stuff soon...
WARNING: (2007-06-06) This is in alpha testing stage. Things don't work quite perfectly, and there are only limited translation services available. Specifically, it will add buttons to textareas on ALL node submission forms right now, and note that only the 'google' and 'revert' buttons actually do anything, and the 'google' button ONLY translates english to spanish right now. This is just to get a framework in place.
// $Id: README.txt,v 1.2 2007/06/01 20:34:11 aaron Exp $
Auto Translate
Author: Aaron Winborn
Creation Date: Begun June 1, 2007
Contact: aaron (at) advomatic (dot) com
This module, in conjunction with the Internationalization (i18n) module, will add a button to the translation edit pages of nodes,
that when pressed, will fill in an empty textarea with the preset translated text of the node to a specified language. It may also
be configured to translate the text already in any specified textarea(s).
Please be aware that the current state of the art of automatic translation tools are poor at best. This will hopefully change in the
future, but until then, this module attempts to make things easier for editors and translators. I strongly suggest that you edit
any translated text manually after the automatic grab, unless you want to risk public humiliation for your web site and an increase
in the incidence of personal ninja attacks.
I18N Auto Translate scrapes the pages from pre-configured third-party providers. Before using, please peruse their terms of service,
as I take no legal responsibility for this use of their services. To attempt to stay within any reasonable interpretation of Fair
Use, the module will only translate text within a form to be submitted (rather than translating on the fly, which would abuse the
servers of the third party and slow down your site to boot), and will also display the links and/or logo(s) of the third party
translators configured to be used by the module on the content submission pages.
If anyone is aware of other automatic translation servers, or (especially) any freely available API's, please, please, contact me
so we can include them (or write a patch yourself).
The module makes use of include files to allow easy addition of new third party translation servers as they become available. The
module provides several hooks for the translation process.
Releases
| Development snapshots | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.x-1.x-dev | 2008-Jan-10 | 10.89 KB | Download · Release notes | Development snapshot |  |
