How to Translate Google+ Comments and Post to Other Languages

Posted on Aug 30 2011 - 4:00pm by Olawale Daniel

Google+ is all over the web. Everybody is talking about new things about the service because of the simplicity the service offers.

Among all the cool features Google+ offers, there are still some other things that hasn’t been integrated into the social site because of its present mode. The service is still in testing mode and there are lots of things that supposes to have become available on the site but yet to become accessible to everybody and one example of that is the issue of reading posts and comments that are written in foreign languages.

On Google+, there’s no option for people to translate Google+ language from one to another but now, the solution to that is now available here. Google Translate API is one of Google’s products and Google have not create a special API for it to start working with Google plus yet but the chance of integrating it to work might be on the way.

Though, Google has promised to send Google Translate API to rest some months back but before that time – there’s still an option for you to use the service for now in translating your Google+ friend’s comment and posts to your own language instead of reading it in language that you don’t understand till the time when the service wouldn’t be available again.

As you know, there are many people on Google+ that came from different countries of the world and if you are a friend of any of them, chances are that you may find it difficult to understand what they are sharing with you on your Google plus social site. Understanding your friend’s language a little bit or being able to translate their languages to your own will make your stay on the platform a better experience because of the benefits you’ll be able to enjoy on the site.
To make matter better, the Google plus team has develop a Chrome extension serve people an access to Google Translate on the google plus profile page. The default language in this extension is English Language and with supports for more other 50 languages.

According to Google Translate lead developer.

“We’ve heard from a lot of Google+ users wanting an easier way to understand posts written in other languages. I’m an engineer on Google Translate and thought we could do something about that,”

This is a word from Google Translate front-end and mobile development lead Josh Estelle in his update on Google+. He then further by informing users saying,

“Once you’ve installed the extension, refresh Google+ and you will see Translate links next to posts and comments box.

Follow the steps below to start using Chrome Google+ extension for easy access to Google+ benefits.

Download the Google plus extension for Google Translate and then install it and after that, restart your browser to make it to work with your Google plus account. Hope you understand this post because it is all about Translate Google plus tricks.

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Olawale Daniel is a Business Psychologist and Efficiency Expert with little-to-no-coding experience, but he knows how to run into trouble while coding! Follow Olawale on Twitter | Google+. TechAtLast is a blog for latest technology trends, events reporting with tutorials, hacks, guides and support for internet users. For advert placement, check our Advertisers page here to build audience for your business. You can as well order Sponsored Product Reviews here for your start-ups and established businesses. Follow on | Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Pinterest

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  1. difan September 11, 2011 at 5:12 pm - Reply

    we see google+ votes is one of the top social stuff but here is also many site like that gplusvotes.com now its time to see their activities and how much they will satisfy us with their performance. will come here to see your reply, thanks.

  2. Suraj August 31, 2011 at 8:12 am - Reply

    Nice!

  3. Naser August 31, 2011 at 2:28 am - Reply

    I hope this extension may also be released for firefox browsers :)

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