I’ve installed this at the top of my sidebar – check it out.šš
BE CAREFUL THOUGH
If you click on a language and want to return to english
go to the top of the page for the new Google bar and select
Show Original
Internationalization is very important to us, and weāre striving to make sites across WordPress.com accessible to all, such as your international followers and multilingual readers.
Today, weāre thrilled to introduce the Google Translate Widget, which allows you and your site visitors to instantly translate your content into 103 languages currently supported by Google Translate.
Languages currently supported by Google Translate.
How it works
To enableĀ automatic translation on your site, add the Google Translate Widget in your Customizer by going toĀ My Site(s) ā CustomizeĀ ā Widgets. Once enabled, your site visitors will be able to access a dropdown menu in your sidebar or footer and automatically translate the content intoĀ 100+ languages.
A blog post in English.
The blog post above, automatically translated into French with the Google Translate Widget.
Additionally, you can also send readersĀ to a specific language version of your site by adding a languageā¦
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Thanks Chris. Just added it to my site. (and posted link back to here).
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So I saw, thanks Frank š
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Wow, thanks Chris! I’m not at all diligent about reading WP updates — even though I get weekly notifications — so I really appreciate your posting this. A question: Where is “Show Original”? It doesn’t display when clicking The Google bar at the top of my page š¦
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Never mind! It just took several minutes for it to display š ā¤
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Hi Tina, I’ve added this visual to my post as well for others:

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Me too… though the translations are ‘interesting’ š
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You mean āThey add colour, variety and interestā Susan? ššššā¤ļø
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Susan??? Am I in trouble again? š
Something like that, O Hairy One. š
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š± @#$%*~! Combination of touchpad, fat fingers, autocorrect and a braincell that’s half asleep Sue – SIGH ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
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Whew, that’s a relief š The only time I EVER get called that is when I’m in trouble again š ā¤
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That’s usually what full names are used for ššš
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Thankfully, no-one has ever managed to catch me up to anything that needed the FULL name š
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LOLOL
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