Wordpress Translation Plugin
This plugin has a widget version, the Wordpress Translator Widget, whose latest version might be downloaded from the official site at Wordpress Plugin Repository; it should be the preferred plugin for those completely unfamiliar with PHP, HTML and Wordpress in general.
Dnghu.php is the very, very simple PHP script I am using for this blog and other websites, which adds translations from and into all language pairs offered by Google Translate. I prepared the first script to be able to offer our European Union Language Policy and to make our Indo-European grammar available in any possible language through machine web translation, and it is currently used in all untranslated websites of Dnghu.
Unlike other scripts, which are also Wordpress translator utilities, dnghu.php does not use flag images, it is probably the simplest possible script you can write to add this functionality, it doesn’t add any link to this or any other site (apart from Google Translate), and it should be valid XHTML.
These are the scripts prepared for different language pairs, named “dnghu_ln_x.php”, where ln is the original language code to translate from (the main language your blog is written in), and _x being either v, which stands for vertical (sidebar) script (like the one used in Europe’s Indo-European), h, for a horizontal one (like the one which appears in this blog), and menu for a simple menu (like the one in the Spanish version of CarlosQuiles.com), similar to the Google gadget menu, but fully customizable and without its logos and links.
It worked from Wordpress 2.0 to Wordpress 2.8.5; I haven’t tried it out in other versions. However, if it works in this website, it probably works in the latest Wordpress version.
Installation (you should know some basic HTML to deal with files, PHP is not necessary):
- Upload the dnghu_ln_x.php file to your plugins folder, usually wp-content/plugins/
- Activate the plugin on the Wordpress plugin screen.
- Go to the directory of your Wordpress theme, usually in wp-content/themes/ – if you haven’t selected a different one, it is the /default/
- Open the file where you want the script to appear, normally header.php (if you want it in the header), sidebar.php (if you want it in the sidebar) or footer.php
- Add <?php transdukete(); ?> exactly where you want the translation utility to appear within the part of the page you’ve already chosen
Download
NOTE: ZIP package includes both the dnghu_v(ertical), the dnghu_h(orizontal) and the dnghu_menu versions – you should activate only one plugin in the same blog.
- 23 Oct 2009 – v. 1.6.1, From English, into all language pairs from Google: Wordpress English Translator
- 23 Oct 2009 – v. 1.6.1, From Dutch, into all language pairs of Google: Wordpress Nederlands Vertaler
- 23 Oct 2009 – v. 1.6.1, From German, into all language pairs of Google: Wordpress Deutsch Übersetzer
- 23 Oct 2009 – v. 1.6.1, From French, into all language pairs of Google: Wordpress Traducteur Français
- 23 Oct 2009 – v. 1.6.1, From Italian, into all language pairs of Google: Wordpress Traduttore Italiano
- 23 Oct 2009 – v. 1.6.1, From Portuguese, into all language pairs of Google: Wordpress Tradutor Português
- 23 Oct 2009 – v. 1.6.1, From Spanish, into all language pairs of Google: Wordpress Traductor Español
Here are the plugins for the lesser used languages – you might request individual upgrades of these plugins to the newest version at cquiles@dnghu.org. We recommend you to use the IndoEuropean-Translator-Widget, though, which offers translations from and into all language pairs.
Customizing:
If you know something about CSS you can open the file styles.css (in your theme directory) and add new declarations:
- In the horizontal version, for the .div with class=”dnghu” .
- In the vertical version, for the .div and the .ul, both with class=”dnghu” .
- In the menu version, for the menu with class=”menulang”.
Changes and other problems:
If you want other language pairs, or the whole code linking only to Altavista, Google, or even other web translators, or maybe ask a question or make a suggestion, contact me. There are a thousand possible combinations, and I simply cannot prepare them all in advance. You can find me in cquiles@dnghu.org.
Licence
This code is licensed under the GNU GPL.
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Indoeuropean Translator Widget
Versione 1.2.2 | Di Carlos Quiles
wordpress 2.8.5
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /…/…/…./wp-content/plugins/indoeuropean-translator-widget/indoeuropean-translator-widget.php on
what happen ?
thank’s a lot
October 24th, 2009 at 10:18 am
@barabba
There was a problem with the code. My fault.
I think version 1.2.3 solves that.
Thanks for the hint.
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