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Google AJAX Translate API is no longer a free service, so this script will no longer work. It was brought to my attention that there already is a script that does a similar thing. It's TransW00T by dancewiththesky So whoever find this interesting, might as well check that script also.
IntroI believe that language shouldn't be a barrier for art sharing.
Have you ever found yourself staring at some foreign language comment here on dA, having no clue what it says, but desperately trying to figure it out?
Well, have no fear sayWhat is here to chase your worries away!
...kind of...
What's this?It's just a little something that crossed my mind while I was commenting on a deviation by GoranCaBuhOcTojuh .
It's a greaseMonkey script that adds a small translate button on each comment here on deviantART. It uses the Google Ajax Language API to translate the comment from number of different languages to English (google does cross-translation, but this script currently translates only to English). It's not perfect, but it'll help you understand at least what the comment is generally all about. Neat.
Ok I want to try it. How do I install it?In order to use it, you must be using Mozilla or Mozilla Firefox , and you must have the Greasemonkey extension installed.
Next, click the
≣ INSTALL SCRIPT ≣ to install the script and a greaseMonkey script installation window will open. To install the script press the "Install" button.
A little translate button will be added on each comment, right above the "reply" button. And that's it. You're ready to go.
How do I use it?It cannot be simpler. You click the button, wait for the google server to respond, and the translation will magically appear where the old comment was. If you want to see the old comment again, just press the button again.
I hope you'll find this little script useful.
Cheers.
To do
It doesn't work in messageCenter Implement the same functionality for journals, news etc. Implement other languages than English. Implement the live translation of the comment that you're writing to other languages Changelog0.24
- Works with the new comment format
0.232
- Added support for notes
- Added support for deviation description
0.217
- html formating is now preserved (including emoticons)
- button tooltips updated (I was storing some info in the title attribute, and forgot to remove it prior releasing of the script, thanks for the reminder Solitude12
- Added Google branding
0.1_BETA!!!
- Initial release.
* The preview image is an alteration of the Original Fella Design by thekidKaos
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Comments: 128
Yeah, each Firefox version breaks many of the GM scripts, so I stopped writing new scripts and updating old ones. Sorry.
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Would it work if I use Chrome, and have the TamperMonkey add-on?
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This would be great if it also works in Google Chrome!!
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Agreed, but I took this comment to mean it was impossible
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I've featured this as Daily Feature on the front page of #deviantART-Related
#deviantART-Related is the unofficial group for the dA related gallery, and our Daily Feature is a private initiative to serve as an alternative to DDs while there's no GM for the gallery
We featured your piece for today with the following description;
dA is home to deviants all over the world, many of whom want to speak their own language on dA. On the other hand mutual understanding is vital for the community. sayWhat? by #ArtBIT solves this problem by translating foreign language comments to English, making them accessible to anyone. The script is a few years old but still works like a charm.
Given 2011-05-24
Featured by `namenotrequired
Keep it up
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Thanks so much!
I have to test these scripts and see if they need tweaking... I haven't used Firefox in a while...
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Me neither, only to test 
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...I have no idea what collection I just put this in because my browser was being odd 
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Google chrome automatically asks if you want a page translated to English, it this similar to that?
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Kind of like that yeah, except that this is per comment translation.
For you see, sometimes, the whole page could be in English, but only a comment or two would be in some foreign language, which would trick Google Chrome into thinking that the whole page was actually in English, since more than 95% of text is in English, while with this script you could target and translate only the non-english comments in question.
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:/ yeah, apparently Chromium does not support @require, @resource, unsafeWindow, GM_registerMenuCommand, GM_setValue, or GM_getValue.
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Nothing shows up
I installed it (sucseesfully) and restarted Firefox, but there's no translate button showing up over the reply one...
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Hmm, what Firefox and GreaseMonkey version are you running?
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Latest one of GreaseMonkey, but might need to update Firefox. Heh didn't think of that 
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I like this.
One thing I'd like to see is the ability to use it on journals.
Shoene Kunst
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hmmm... it seems to get confused if there are multiple languages in a post. Ah well, that's pretty unlikely to happen & is probably the translator's fault
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I installed the script... but for some reason it doesn't work. There isn't a translate button on mine.
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Hmm, what's your version of Firefox and GreaseMonkey?
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Version 3.6.3 (newest) and the latest greasemonkey (0.8.20100408.6)
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Okay, I tweaked the script a bit, could you uninstall your current version of this script and install the latest version [link] ?
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Yup it worked ^^ Thanks. No doubt this will come in useful.
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Erm, I click the install script button and the install button but it doesn't seem to work.
I even downloaded and installed Greasemonkey.
Why is the problem which I can't install?
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What version of Firefox do you have?
What version of greaseMonkey do you have?
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The latest version of Firefox.
The Version of Grease Monkey you put there on the link.
It only allows me to translate the description of the artworks not the comments.
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Ahhh... the comments format has changed. I will update the script this week.
Thanks for reminding me.
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Should work now. Uninstall the script and then try installing it again.
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You should make this work on journals too
Nevertheless, great work! ^^
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Now that is freakin' awesome
I'm fed up having to try and find Google Translate all the time just to spy on what people are saying behind my back
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it would be sweet if you could convert the artist comments
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This is so better than TransW00T! Great job; I like how it also translates signatures.
One note though, you've misspelled powered as powerd in the "powered by Google" phrase so I had to go into the script to correct it.
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heh thanks, me spellz thingz wrongz
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Bugs!
a) Sometimes the button covers the avatar.
b) It strips new lines..
c) It strips links..
d) It strips basically everything that's not text
e) Maybe make it so that the title of the button says "Translate", "unTranslate", etc, rather than the comment number (the tooltip that is..)
Otherwise, this is an amazing, and very useful! Good job!!
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Actually google supports html formatting. My bad.
Updated it.
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Heh, thanks for the report:
a) you're prolly using some script that alters the original deviantART CSS, like Stylish or deviantTIDY or something...
b,c,d) blame google API, I will try to think of something to bypass this limitation...
e) updated
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Very cool, and it actually seems to be more of a partner to the Transw00t script.
The Transw00t translates partial comments, and yours... I can't wait for more!
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