Over the years, I have had several requests to provide translations of my posts. Until recently, this was not an easy option. I would paste the Blog entry into a translation site, hope for the best and forward the "result" to the requester. I rarely heard positive or negative comments on the translation, just as the polite French do not criticize my attempts to communicate intelligently in their language.
Thanks to Google, as well as a fellow Blogger Brad Feld, one can now easily add that capability to your Blog, or better yet, your web site, to allow global buyers to better understand your products and offerings. The translation is, well, not perfect, but better than most, according to my multi-lingual friends. Just click on Brad’s name above and follow the instructions. The code is simple and uses Google’s technology to drive the translation, so no worries about updating the script. You may want to edit Brad’s list of available languages in his code by going to Google and selecting a few of your own.
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