We’re going into private beta, and if you run Wordpress on your blog, you’re eligible to participate. Just send us an email and include a link to your site.
If you’re interested in TranslateMyBlog but use a different blogging platform, or if you would just like to receive updates, drop us a line and we’ll be in touch.
Here you can see a demonstration of TranslateMyBlog. Links to translations display (optionally) next to the title of the post. Clicking on a language icon takes you to the translation.
In the sidebar of the translation page, you see other translations of that post, and other translations in that language. You also see a link back to the original post.
If you like, the plugin can detect the user’s preferred language (set in their browser) and automatically serve available translations. We have this setting enabled here, so if you change your browser’s preferred language to Italian (for example) this post will appear in Italian.
We add a link to our service and a single Adsense block to each translation. Your ads continue to display on translations.
Will you support other publishing platforms?
Yes, by popular demand. Email us if you’d like support for your platform.
I installed your plugin from the Wordpress directory, but no translations appear.
Right now the free translation service is in private beta. Contact us if you’d like to participate.
Is this machine translation or human translation?
Your posts will be translated by real, live professional translators. We plan to offer a machine translation option in the near future.
How can you provide professional translation for free?
We believe that the posts you write on your blog will be interesting to many people who don’t speak your language. When we do a free translation, we attach a single Google Adsense block to the translation itself. As people find your translated post, we’ll recover the cost of translation. But most importantly, you get more readers (and more revenue) too!
Is using two adsense IDs on the same page allowed by Google’s TOS?
Yes it is! In July, 2008 Google announced in the official Adsense blog that it is permitted. See: Inside AdSense: Sharing your ad space
Can I pick which posts are translated?
Not right now, but you can suggest certain posts to be translated.
Why do you use Google Analytics?
We use Google Analytics (along with other techniques) to figure out what articles–once translated–will bring the most new readers to your blog. We will only use Analytics to optimize our service to you, and will not share your data with anyone.
My Google Analytics stopped working when I installed your plugin
Sorry about that. Google Analytics breaks when two bits of tracking code are installed on the same site (we try to make this clear in the install instructions). Just disable Analytics on the TranslateMyBlog settings page. We’ll use other information to prioritize posts for translation.
Will your plugin slow down my site?
No, it shouldn’t. The way it’s written, translations are treated almost identically to normal posts.
What if I stop using your service?
No problem. You can revoke access (ending our ability to submit translations) at any time. You can also uninstall the plugin or its widgets (removing language icons on translated posts) and either keep or delete all translations. If you choose to keep our translations on your site, we ask that you not remove our Adsense block.