Why Is My Google Chrome Not Translating?

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Start by visiting the Chrome Settings panel—open the Chrome menu, and then click Settings. Expand the Advanced section to the left side of the Settings panel, and then click Languages. Ensure that the switch next to ‘Offer to translate pages that aren’t in a language you read’ is set to on.

How do I force Chrome to translate a page?

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. Go to a webpage written in another language.
  3. At the top, click Translate.
  4. Chrome will translate the webpage this one time.

How do I fix Google Translate?

Open Settings of your phone and tap on Applications/

Application

Manager. Now tap on Google Translate. After uninstalling, restart your device. Upon restart, re-install the Google Translate app and check if it is clear of the error.

What has happened to Google Translate?

However, as of January 2019,

Google has stopped providing access to new website translator widgets

. In addition, the Google Translate widget (which Google calls “Google Translate’s Website Translator”) is phasing out on websites where it is active now (as shown below).

How do you fix this page could not be translated?

  1. Open Chrome and go to Menu > Settings.
  2. On the left side, click Advanced and select Languages.
  3. Click on Language and make sure that Offer to translate pages that aren’t in a language you read option is enabled.

How do you get to Google Chrome settings?

  1. From the Chrome app, tap the Menu icon (at the upper-right corner of the screen).
  2. Tap Settings.
  3. Tap the setting you want.

Why does Google Translate mess up?

Bugs can happen with

machine learning and machine translation tools

. … Interpreters can’t use it because they would have to type everything people said in meetings and conferences into the tool to be able to provide a translation. It would be too time-consuming, inefficient, and inaccurate.

Is Google Translate improving?


Translate has improved by at least 1 BLEU point per year since 2010

, according to Google, but automatic machine translation is by no means a solved problem. … “With this update, we are proud to provide automatic translations that are relatively coherent, even for the lowest-resource of the 108 supported languages.”

Does Google Chrome automatically translate?


Google Chrome lets you automatically translate a webpage not written in your browser’s default language

. … If you don’t need it—or if you use a different translation service—here’s how to turn Chrome’s off.

Is Google Translate accurate?

To test the system, Google had human raters evaluate translations on a scale from 0 to 6. … Overall, across all three languages, Google said

its new tool is 60 percent more accurate than the old Google Translate tool

, which used phrase-based machine translation, or PBMT.

Is Google Translate being discontinued?


On December 4, 2019

Google discontinued its popular Google Translate Widget. The widget can no longer be added to new sites. It is currently still available for websites that already have it installed.

Is Google Translate bad?

Google Translate is one of the most popular language services in the world, but that isn’t a guarantee of quality or accuracy. Google Translate is well-known for being iffy. It makes a lot of mistakes, and it doesn’t

translate

with the nuance that you might need for things like business documents.

Is Google Translate being shut down?

Google Translator Toolkit

will be discontinued starting December 4, 2019

, according to an announcement by Google on September 20.

How do I use Google Translate to translate a Web page?

  1. On your computer, go to Google Translate.
  2. In the text box, enter a URL.
  3. To choose the language you want to translate to, at the top right, click the Down arrow .
  4. On the right, click the URL that appears. The URL will open a new tab and the website will be translated.

How do I add translate to Google Toolbar?

Highlight or right-click on a section of text and

click on Translate icon

next to it to translate it to your language. Or, to translate the entire page you’re visiting, click the translate icon on the browser toolbar. Learn more about Google Translate at https://support.google.com/translate.

How do I upgrade Chrome?

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, click More .
  3. Click Update Google Chrome. Important: If you can’t find this button, you’re on the latest version.
  4. Click Relaunch.
Juan Martinez
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Juan Martinez
Juan Martinez is a journalism professor and experienced writer. With a passion for communication and education, Juan has taught students from all over the world. He is an expert in language and writing, and has written for various blogs and magazines.