f.kafka,
Currently all we can provide is this quick workaround.
We're working on a more general solution, but I wanted to let you all
know about this quick workaround.
Best,
Josh
On Nov 23, 10:50 am, f.kafka wrote:
> C'mon , Josh !!!!
> You keep kidding us with your info's ???
> If Jennifer didn't ask for that, wher the hell in the tools coud we
> found this "on-the-fly" swithing off procedure????
>
> http://translate.google.com/?otf=0
>
> Where in the help can we found this "flag "??
> If you wanna do something, or you do it right, or else you better quit
> it !!!
>
> Josh., .Josh.....
>
> really fed up with this !!!
> Did you see what happened to Chrysler Car CompanY ??????
>
> On Nov 23, 7:29 pm, Google wrote:
>
> > Hi Jennifer,
>
> > You can turn off on-the-fly translation by bookmarking the following
> > URL:http://translate.google.com/?otf=0
>
> > Best,
> > Josh
>
> > On Nov 21, 2:23 pm, Jennifer wrote:
>
> > > I agree. This new version is terrible. I am a native English speaker
> > > learning German, and sometimes when I am reading in German, I don't
> > > understand a sentence even if I know what all/most of the words mean
> > > so I've always just put it into Google to get the jist of what the
> > > sentence means. But now it is so difficult to type in the sentences
> > > with the stupid translator immediately translating everything. Not
> > > only is it extremely annoying that the page keeps "refreshing" (I am
> > > on a netbook so there are lots of pauses while I type in the translate
> > > box while the page 'refreshes' as it translates). During the time the
> > > page refreshes (about every second) if I am typing, half the word is
> > > gone because it was trying to translate what I had just typed.
>
> > > I don't mind the text being at the bottom now instead of the right,
> > > but I'd say I'd prefer it be at the right so if the string of text I'm
> > > translating is long I don't have to scroll down a lot. I have also
> > > used the translator as a method of looking up single words and would
> > > just sort of create a list as I went until the list got so long that
> > > the translator highlighted all the text, and then I'd just delete it
> > > when I typed the next word. But now I cannot do that unless I want to
> > > scroll all the time.
>
> > > I do, however, like the "contribute a better translation" area (though
> > > why would I be using Google translate if I could translate it
> > > better?), and I like the function of being able to flip-flop the
> > > languages you are working with.
>
> > > But the damn immediate translate is really obnoxious. Perhaps you
> > > could have a function that turns it on and off?
>
> > > On Nov 21, 10:44 am, Ira Shchupak wrote:
>
> > > > Dear Staff,
>
> > > > I have been using the translator for months now, and I it is not
> > > > because I got used to the old version that I am dissatisfied with the
> > > > new one. The translation appears on the screen even before I choose
> > > > the needed language pair, based on the pair that was there from the
> > > > last time I used it, the text "jumps", which is extremely
> > > > uncomfortable for the eyes. Plus, I somehow get the feeling that the
> > > > translation quality worsened, though I am not sure it is not my
> > > > imagination.
>
> > > > Thank you- Hide quoted text -
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