FireFox 19 Oct 2006 05:35 pm
Google Translate Shortcuts
Google Translate has brought out a list of “Translation Browser Button” which you can drag and drop onto your browser’s Links/Bookmarks toolbar. Then, whenever you’re on a page that needs translating, you can just click one of these bookmarks, and it will automatically use Google’s translation tool to translate the page.
But, if you’re like me, and you want easy access to all the Google translation links, then you’ll want them all on your toolbar. To facilitate this, I’ve created a FireFox bookmarks file that you can easily import into FireFox, and all the links will be in your Bookmarks.
Here’s how to do it.
1 - Download the file from here: translation.html (you might have right-click and “Save Link As”, or download the zipped version - translation.zip)
2 - Save it to a location you will remember, like your desktop
3 - In FireFox, click on the following menu options: “Bookmarks” => “Organize Bookmarks…”
4 - Once FireFox has opened up the “Bookmarks Manager”, click on the following menu options: “File” => “Import…”
5 - Select “From File” and click next
6 - Browse to where you saved the file “translation.html”, select the file and click open
And there you have it. You should see a new folder called “Translate” at the bottom of your list of Bookmarks on the left. Now, whenever you’re on a page that needs translating, you can just click on “Bookmarks” => “Translate” and select the translation you need.
Personally, I’m a great “Bookmarks Toolbar” lover because it’s less tedious then going the above route. So, on the left, click the very top folder (it should be named “Bookmarks”), and then look for the “Translate” folder on the right. Try dragging the folder all the way up and into the folder named “Bookmarks Toolbar Folder”. This way it will appear on your bookmarks toolbar, within easy reach for quick translation. Take a look at the beautiful image of this in action (clicking the image will enlarge it).
Thanks to Google Operating System for pointing this out.
on 12 Apr 2007 at 12:42 pm 1.frank dillman said …
within my site I have a DNA project for my surname that is rapidly becoming global. I would have a button behind my website title through all search engines to translate my entire site into German and Sweden. Additionally, I would like to have a similar button at the header of my index page using the same google service.
Directions to accomplish these two tasks will be greatly appreciated by me and my German and Swedish cousins. thank you very much, frank