Google Translate's Website Translator - available for non-commercial use
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
In this time of a global pandemic, webmasters across the world—from government officials to
health organizations—are frequently updating their websites with the latest information meant to
help fight the spread of COVID-19 and provide access to resources. However, they often lack the
time or funding to translate this content into multiple languages, which can prevent valuable
information from reaching a diverse set of readers. Additionally, some content may only be
available via a file (for example, a .pdf or .doc), which requires additional steps to translate.
To help these webmasters reach more users, we're reopening access to the Google Translate Website
Translator—a widget that translates web page content into 100+ different languages. It uses our
latest machine translation technology and is easy to integrate. To start
using the Website Translator widget, you can sign up with our form.
Please note that usage will be restricted to government, non-profit, and/or non-commercial
websites (for example, academic institutions) that focus on COVID-19 response. For all other websites,
we recommend using the
Google Cloud Translation API.
Google Translate also offers both site owners and their readers a way to translate documents
hosted on a website. For example, if you need to translate
this PDF file
into Spanish, go to
translate.google.com
and enter the file's URL into the textbox , then choose "Spanish" as the target
language. The
link
shown in the textbox will take you to the translated version of the PDF file. The
following file formats are supported: .doc, .docx, .odf, .pdf, .ppt, .pptx, .ps, .rtf, .txt, .xls, or .xlsx.
Finally, it's very important to note that while we continuously look for ways to improve the
quality of our translations, they may not be perfect—so please use your best judgement when
reading any content translated via Google Translate.
Posted by Xinxing Gu, Product Manager, Mountain View, CA, and Michal Lahav, User Experience Research, Seattle, WA
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