#superUser 2: Webpage Translation - Zero Installation

Setup

In any browser, you can translate a webpage via Google API:

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=<URL to be translated>

or Bing:

https://www.translatetheweb.com/?ref=TVert&from=&to=en&a=<URL to be translated>

As long as your browser allows a custom search engine, you can add the APIs as a custom search engine:

In most cases, <URL to be translated> is represented by %s.Therefore, you can write:

Name: Google Page Translation
Alias: gtr
URL: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=%s

Name and Alias are arbitrary. The name is cosmetic and for your convenience, while the alias is the prefix you would type in your address bar to activate this webpage translation API/'search engine'.

Afterwards, a webpage can be translated by typing <alias> + URL

Example

For instance, to translate this page, which is in French, you can go to the page, and prefix your alias to the page URL.

And you should see something like this:

If you are instead sent to the translation service's home page. Try removing protocol prefixes such as https:// from <URL to be translated> , which may cause an error. Most translation services handle errors by sending you to their homepage.

If that does not help, try again with another service. APIs are opened and closed as the Tech Giants are pleased.

Big Tech, I mean.

Switching languages

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=<URL to be translated>

In most translation API URLs, the source and destination languages are specified by switches in the URL.

For Google Translate, the source language is specified by sl=<source language>, which you can specify as auto if you are not overly concerned about speed. Destination language is specified by tl=<destination language>, which is represented by 2-letter abbreviations.

Below is an incomplete list of possible abbreviations. Use your browser's search function, usually triggered by CTRL + F to locate your target language.

List of gratitude

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