[CDB] gTranslate

[HiFiKabin]

Extension Name: gTranslate
Author: HiFiKabin

Extension Description: Adds gTranslate to your board. This is a replacement for my Google Translator whose code is now at its end of life

Screenshots:








Limitations: This extension packages the gTranslate code for easy use on phpBB so its operation is limited to how they have written that code.

The gTranslate code translates THE WHOLE PAGE, including Topics, Categories, Usernames etc.

Some spaces in the template are removed but this does not affect readability.

If you are using the board in a translated language not all of the Moderation Tools will function.

It sets the default language to that of your browser.

Omit Translation: You can omit text from being translated by one of the following methods:-

1) HTML (Template files)

Wrap the text you want to be omitted within

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<span class="notranslate"></span>

2) BBCode (Posts and PM's)

BBCode Usage

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[notranslate]{TEXT}[/notranslate]

HTML Replacement

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<span class="notranslate">{TEXT}</span>.

Help Line

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NoTranslate

Extension Version: 3.3.1


Language: All

Supported Styles: All

How to change the default colours: Styling

Live Demo: HERE

IMPORTANT: If you are migrating from my Google translator extension, you MUST disable it as well as delete its Data BEFORE installing gTranslate

Download : HERE

Installation:

• Download the latest release and unzip it.
• Upload the folder hifikabin to root/ext/ and enable it in the ACP

Support:

My extensions board or the CDB topic

[Mick]

Very nice, smooth and quick. It even works with Afrikaans

[mrix2000]

Thanks for your efforts on getting this up and running.
Just a couple of questions firstly the scroll bar seems a little small so much so I never initially noticed it, is there a way to slightly thicken it ? obviously when using the mobile phone there is no issue as you can simply scroll it with your finger but when using my laptop its more difficult.
Secondly will there be any chance of being able to incorporate it into the actual theme at any point ?
Thanks again

[mrix2000]

Not sure how this system works
My default language on this EXT is English but when I create a topic in Spanish text it stays in Spanish ? I then thought I would need to click the English in the drop down menu again but I dont have the option there as its already set to EN Default ?
Confused ............. could it be for some reason because I posted Spanish text ? not sure how this system works etc

[mrix2000]

From what I can tell it basically translates a English forum to whatever language ?
If anyone creates a post in another language it stays in that language, this never happened before with Google translate.
or am I missing something ?

[HiFiKabin]

Thanks for your efforts on getting this up and running.
Just a couple of questions firstly the scroll bar seems a little small so much so I never initially noticed it, is there a way to slightly thicken it ? obviously when using the mobile phone there is no issue as you can simply scroll it with your finger but when using my laptop its more difficult.

Not that I have found, but you can change the colour of the scrollbar by adding the following to the bottom of the extensions CSS file and changing the colours to make it move visible, remembering to purge the browser cache to see the changes

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.gt_container--hich1m .gt_switcher .gt_option {
	scrollbar-color: red yellow;
}

Secondly will there be any chance of being able to incorporate it into the actual theme at any point ?
Thanks again

Do you mean a dropdown like Google Translate was? Yes, that will happen Is now in RC2

Not sure how this system works
My default language on this EXT is English but when I create a topic in Spanish text it stays in Spanish ? I then thought I would need to click the English in the drop down menu again but I dont have the option there as its already set to EN Default ?
Confused ............. could it be for some reason because I posted Spanish text ? not sure how this system works etc

The 'problem' with gTranslate is that it was designed for static pages in one language. Having multiple languages on the same page confuses it. I have been in contact with gTranslate and they are passing my query up the design chain to see if anything can be done. (which also answers your last point)

I am afraid that this is the best I can find from whats available right now. Hopefully this will improve, or a better option might become available.

[HiFiKabin]

3.3.0-RC2 now available.

Update from previous version:

• Download the latest release and unzip it.
• Disable gTranslate in the ACP
• Delete the gTranslate folder from the server
• Upload the folder hifikabin to root/ext/ and enable gTranslate in the ACP

With many thanks to those who have made many helpful suggestions and tweaks

[SeewolfPK]

Thanks, the new Button-Position is very good.

Hope that the problems with Multilanguage will fix soon.

[HiFiKabin]

So do I, but we are all in the hands of the gTranslate team

[SeewolfPK]

I am astonished that in my german forum translation to dutch works with Multilanguage.
Translation to english works sometimes.

[HiFiKabin]

Both Dutch and English have a lot of words the originated in German, so that is probably why gTranslate can cope with them as well as it does

[SeewolfPK]

Both Dutch and English have a lot of words the originated in German,

The lot of words translate to dutch if written in german or english
Some words translate to english if written in dutch

No word is translate to german, when written in dutch and english in the forum which has normaly german language.

[SeewolfPK]

Mistake?

Since the button for language has new position, I can not reach personal space via Username.

personal space.jpg

Can you put the button more left?

[HiFiKabin]

Thanks for that, I'll look into it straight away

[HiFiKabin]

Fixed in RC3

OPEN

gtranslate_navbar.css

FIND

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.gt_switcher_wrapper {
	position: relative !important;
}

REPLACE WITH

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.gt_switcher_wrapper {
	position: relative !important;
	z-index: 1 !important;
}

SAVE>UPLOAD>PURGE BROWSER CACHE