Using Microsoft Translator on my Blog
Have you seen Microsoft Translator? I stumbled upon it last week and ended up requesting an invitation code to use it on this blog. Check out the orange box on the left side. Select any language from the dropdown and the content on this blog will automatically be translated. I'm international! You can read about Microsoft Translator here on the Microsoft team blog. Key tidbits...
What it is: Built on top of the Microsoft Translator AJAX API, it is a small, customizable widget that you can place on your web page – and it helps you instantly makes the page available in multiple languages.
Who it is for: Anyone with a web page. If you can paste a small snippet of code into your page, you will be able to display the widget to your audience. No need to know programming intricacies, or how to call a javascript API. No need to write or install server side plug-ins for your specific software.
What it offers: It provides a simple interface to anyone that visits the web page to select and translate content into a different language.
What does it cost: It is completely free. You can put it on any site – commercial or non-commercial. You are only limited by the invite codes available at this point, but over the coming months we plan to make it more widely available.