What is the best and most fluid way to change a language on a web page? And what technologies would be required for this? I'm assuming a mix of jquery and xml files, but open to suggestions. I have seen one great example on hostelworld.com.
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Do you mean allowing the user to choose their preffered language? This depends on what platform you've built your website on. If you were using Wordpress then you could simply use this plugin. However, if your site was built on something other than WP then you could achieve this through the Google Translator.
This explains how to insert the translator into your website:
Click on the Tools and Resources link in the left nav on Google Translate, then:
This explains how to insert the translator into your website:
Click on the Tools and Resources link in the left nav on Google Translate, then:
- 1. Select the language in the language dropdown that your web page is written in.
- 2. Select the languages you would like to make your web page instantly available in. You can pick all languages, or select individual languages by selecting the 'Specific languages' radio button, then checking the languages you'd like to automatically translate your web page into.
- 3. Copy and paste this snippet of code into the BODY section of web pages that you would like to make instantly available in other languages.