7 Replies Latest reply on Oct 2, 2013 7:19 AM by T-Bone1987

    Adding Google Translate to a Muse site

    T-Bone1987
    T-Bone1987 Sep 18, 2013 11:07 AM

      Hello,

       

      I created the following website for a client recently: www.sinoprestige.com

       

      Trying to add Google Translate function to appear in the top right of the page somewhere as a drop-down for All Languages.

       

      The site is hosted on GoDaddy, so I went on the File Manager there and edited the HTML files that I exported from Muse. I placed the first Translator snippet code just in front of the closing </head> tag and the long snippet code on the first blank line under the first <body> tag.

       

      However, the Translator is not there on the website. I followed the advice of the bottom post of this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5520675#5520675

       

      Please can someone help me get this working? Have I misplaced the 2 sets of code?

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        • 1. Re: Adding Google Translate to a Muse site
          T-Bone1987 Level 1
          T-Bone1987 Sep 18, 2013 12:29 PM (in response to T-Bone1987)

          Anyone? I need to add this within the next few hours!

          • 2. Re: Adding Google Translate to a Muse site
            Brad Lawryk Adobe Community Professional & MVP
            Brad Lawryk Sep 18, 2013 12:58 PM (in response to T-Bone1987)

            If you went into the code to do it you didn't do it right. With Muthere is no reason to go into the code to add Google Translate.

             

            Once you get your Google Translate code ... go into Muse and open your main template.

             

            Go to Page Properties and paste your head code as in the screenshot below (ignore the font-awesome code that is for something different):

             

            Screen Shot 2013-09-18 at 12.51.07 PM.png

             

            Once you are done that go to Object --> Insert HTML and paste your second part of the code there:

             

            Screen Shot 2013-09-18 at 12.51.51 PM.png

             

            Move the HTML box to where you want it on your page:

             

            Screen Shot 2013-09-18 at 12.52.44 PM.png

             

            Publish (or upload) ... and it works!

             

            http://www.aurorastart.com

            • 3. Re: Adding Google Translate to a Muse site
              T-Bone1987 Level 1
              T-Bone1987 Sep 18, 2013 1:21 PM (in response to Brad Lawryk)

              Hi Brad,

               

              Thanks so much, I think I've now got it implemented.

               

              However, I don't think it is translating the text on the site because the text seems to be an image across the site. How do I make sure all the main text is TEXT and not IMAGE? (Checking in the Muse Preview)

               

              Thanks again

              • 4. Re: Adding Google Translate to a Muse site
                Brad Lawryk Adobe Community Professional & MVP
                Brad Lawryk Sep 18, 2013 1:22 PM (in response to T-Bone1987)

                You must use web fonts. Most system fonts will generate an image.

                 

                When choosing your fonts choose from Web Safe or Web Fonts - not system fonts.

                 

                Screen Shot 2013-09-18 at 1.21.23 PM.png

                • 5. Re: Adding Google Translate to a Muse site
                  T-Bone1987 Level 1
                  T-Bone1987 Oct 1, 2013 8:09 AM (in response to Brad Lawryk)

                  Brad, thanks so much for your help so far.

                   

                  Right, my client (actually for a different site I'm making) wants Spanish and Mandarin in addition to English. I have implemented the Google Translate thing and it does what it's supposed to do. However, because GT is clunky and inaccurate with its translations, the client has provided me with accurate Spanish and Mandarin translations.

                   

                  Is there a way I can edit/influence the translated content that GT generates, in Adobe Muse?

                   

                  If not, is there a workaround? What's the alternative if you want accurate language?

                   

                  Thanks a lot to anyone who helps with this.

                  • 6. Re: Adding Google Translate to a Muse site
                    Brad Lawryk Adobe Community Professional & MVP
                    Brad Lawryk Oct 1, 2013 8:18 AM (in response to T-Bone1987)

                    I actually just ran into this issue last week. I had a site where I was using Google Translate to do a French version. However it was a goverment funded site and they do not allow Google Translation.

                     

                    Unfortunately the only option I was able to come up with was to create a copy of the site done in French. I wish I could tell you there was a magic button to push but there isn't .... I looked. ;-)

                    • 7. Re: Adding Google Translate to a Muse site
                      T-Bone1987 Level 1
                      T-Bone1987 Oct 2, 2013 7:19 AM (in response to Brad Lawryk)

                      I may have found a solution to editing the translated Google content!

                       

                      When you are on the website (not as the designer, but as the visitor [what they see]), select a language from the drop-down, e.g. Spanish. When the content is translated into Spanish, hover your cursor over a block of text until a box pops up that says "Original text: blah blah blah" then underneath that, a blue link that says "Contribute a better translation"... click around on that and you can edit it.

                       

                      I'm not 100% sure this will be a proper solution yet, I'll let you know if it works properly but it's worth a go.

                       

                      If I end up needing to create copies of my client's site in 2 additional languages (Spanish and Mandarin), how would I do that? And how would it all work through the same domain?

                       

                      Cheers!