Google Website Translator plugin on the blog

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  unaitalianaadalgeri · Member · Sep 19, 2012 at 2:35 pm

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  Hi! Please. I know it is possible to translate the blog in different languages by Google Translator. I understood the procedure but I do not know where to write the “meta tag” or the “snippet ” in my blog to activate the Google Website Translator plugin on the pages. Can anyone help me please? Thank you.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2012 at 3:07 pm

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  Google translation widgets are JavaScript and it’s stripped out to preserve security on this mutiuser blogging platform. http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/ There is no FTP access http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/ and we cannot install plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/ because this is a multiuser blogging platform ie. our blogs are not free standing and there are security issues that would arise if that access were allowed. I have translation on my WordPress.com blogs. There are two workarounds and you will find them here > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/02/14/translation-widget-for-wordpress-com-blogs/

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  unaitalianaadalgeri · Member · Sep 20, 2012 at 8:26 pm

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  Thanks a lot.
  My problem is, where do I write the code generated in this link?

  http://free-website-translation.com/?it

  Something like this:

  <img src=”http://free-website-translation.com/img/fwt_button_it.gif” id=”ftwtranslation_image” alt=”Tool per traduzioni di pagine web” style=”border:0;”/>
  By free-website-translation.com<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://free-website-translation.com/scripts/fwt.js” /></script>

  Please, can you direct me to where in the blog I put it?

  Thanks again.
  CS

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  timethief · Member · Sep 20, 2012 at 8:35 pm

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  We cannot use any JavaScript on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. The software strips the code out to preserve security and stability on this multiuser blogging platform. http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/#javascript

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  unaitalianaadalgeri · Member · Sep 20, 2012 at 8:38 pm

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  Ok. Thanks again.

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  hakanertr · Member · Sep 29, 2012 at 8:46 pm

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  Also, you can add a menu button (or a image with link) for google translate.

  Use this link:
  http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&u=http%3A%2F%2F”yourdomain name here”

  Note: Change “yourdomain name here” with your domain name (without quotes). You can see how it works in my blog.

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  stylishland · Member · Oct 27, 2012 at 10:13 pm

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  http://stylishland.wordpress.com/

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  stylishland · Member · Oct 27, 2012 at 11:38 pm

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  Thanks for ideas … I add a image with link for google translate (in my case polish-english) You can see it in my page how it works … http://stylishland.wordpress.com/

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  zharrington · Member · Nov 13, 2012 at 1:16 pm

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  hi – total novice here…

  I added a widget image (from my admin) inserting the link you specified + my domain name, but nothing has happened.

  How do you add the flags too ?

  Any step by step instructions would be useful !

  thanks

  PS I used “free translation.com” as above but my friends didn’t seem to like it. I added this link into a text widget. It worked.