Google API Dropdown Option

Hello,

Thank you for getting in touch with us!

Could you please explain what do you mean by droplist for languages selection?

Also,do you encounter problems linking your Google translate API key to TranslatePress?

Best regards,

Hello,

The way the automatic translation feature works is a simple one. You can check this article to understand better: https://translatepress.com/automatically-translate-wordpress-site/

We have documentation steps on how to set up the Google Translate API key and how to add quotas to never exceed a certain threshold:
https://translatepress.com/docs/settings/generate-google-api-key/.
Once the Google Translate API key is set into the plugin, it will translate each string on the pages accessed either by admin or visitors, without requiring any help from you.

The same working and setting principles are also applied for DeepL API Key. Here you can check how to set one of it: https://translatepress.com/docs/addons/deepl-automatic-translation/?#generate-key.

It will only translate content in one particular language on one particular page the first time someone views that page in that language.
This means that there is no complete scanning and translating the entire site. It’s only done incrementally as the pages are accessed.

The translations are stored in your site’s local database so that the next time a visitor accesses the same page, it doesn’t need to query the Google API again for the same strings.
This saves execution time and most importantly saves costs.

When browsing a page normally, the content is translated only in the language that is being displayed.
When browsing in Translation Editor, it’s like browsing all the languages at the same time. Translations will be retrieved for all languages for the content being viewed in the Translation Editor.

Translations are not based on a specific page. They are based on strings. The strings on the page are divided by HTML tags. So, for example, a paragraph inside a “p” tag is considered one individual string.

This means that if a string is translated on a page (either by Google Translate, DeepL or human-reviewed), then the same string found on another page will already have a translation. For example, you only need to translate the Menu items once, and they will be translated across the website.

You can edit any automatically translated string later, from the Translation Editor.

TranslatePress does not create new posts for the translated versions of the original post. But the translated versions will have separate URLs.
These translated URLs will contain the language but also a translated slug of the post if you plan to use the SEO Pack Add-on.

Best regards,

Hello again,

Yes , if you have the Google API key, you can link it to the plugin and see how it works.

For Google Translate integration, you don’t need the paid version of the plugin.

Although,when using the free version of TranslatePress, you are limited to only one secondary language and you can’t translate the slugs.

Best regards,

Hello,

You can not test the automatic translation for languages that are not added to TranslatePress.

Visiting the website from another country won’t change anything; as you can only add one language to it , the visitor will be able to pick between the main language and the secondary one.

The only way would be to delete the current added language then select another one and test the translation.

But that is not really ideal, as it will use a lot of your characters.

Best wishes,

Hi,

Using the Google Translate API , you can translate as many languages as you have added in TranslatePress.

If you have the Pro version, you can add as many languages as you want.

With the free version, you can add only one language.(besides the default one)

Best regards,

We have most of the flags and languages incorporated in our plugin.

The only thing you need to do is add the languages to your website using TranslatePress.

Best of luck,

Hello,

You will have to add the languages manually into TranslatePress.

The dropdown from the general settings shows all the available languages but you can also add custom languages:https://translatepress.com/docs/developers/add-custom-language/

Best wishes,

Hello,

I don’t know if I understood correctly what you are trying to achieve , so correct me if I’m wrong.

When a language is chosen, you want the page to be translated in that language but only while the visitor is viewing your site?

If this is the case, then TranslatePress does not suit your needs.

You could use automatic translation to permanently translate your site into the chosen languages.

Best regards,